What is Breathless / Alphaville about?

BREATHLESS (A BOUT DE SOUFFLE), 1960, New Yorker Films, 90 min. Dir. Jean-Luc Godard. Lip-stroking pug Jean-Paul Belmondo on the run, shooting cops and stealing cars -- and cash from the handbag of Herald Tribune-hawking girlfriend Jean Seberg; with the couple engaging in boudoir philosophy, staring contests, under-blanket tussles and plenty of smoking. ALPHAVILLE (ALPHAVILLE, UNE ETRANGE AVENTURE DE LEMMY CAUTION), 1965, Janus Films, 99 min. Godard’s trip into the future with erstwhile B-movie hero Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine) trekking through space to track down Professor "von Braun," aided by the prof’s daughter Anna Karina, squaring off in a final showdown with the Alpha 60 computer.

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What is Breathless / Alphaville about?: BREATHLESS (A BOUT DE SOUFFLE), 1960, New Yorker Films, 90 min. Dir. Jean-Luc Godard. Lip-stroking pug Jean-Paul Belmondo on the run, shooting cops and stealing cars -- and cash from the handbag of Herald Tribune-hawking girlfriend Jean Seberg; with the couple engaging in boudoir philosophy, staring contests, under-blanket tussles and plenty of smoking.
ALPHAVILLE (ALPHAVILLE, UNE ETRANGE AVENTURE DE LEMMY CAUTION), 1965, Janus Films, 99 min. Godard’s trip into the future with erstwhile B-movie hero Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine) trekking through space to track down Professor "von Braun," aided by the prof’s daughter Anna Karina, squaring off in a final showdown with the Alpha 60 computer.