Jean-Paul Belmondo has passed away at age 88.
Belmondo’s career was launched, and will forever be known, as the star of “Breathless,” Jean-Luc Godard’s seminal Nouvelle Vague film.
I mostly remember the adoration that Belmondo’s character, Michel, felt for Humphrey Bogart. Michel, a wily gangster who modeled himself on Bogart, just as Godard fashioned his film, had the world-weariness of Bogart, but with the naïveté of a bumbling crook.
The most memorable, and iconic, scene has Michel admiring Bogart on a film poster promoting “The Harder They Fall” as he stares so intensely and mugs to himself “Bogie.” perfection.
As expected, Snyder's latest is being torn apart by TIFF attendees. No mercy given. The film, which had its world premiere this evening, is being called by some one of the worst movies to ever premiere at the festival.