Impeded breathing is a feature of most lung diseases, whether “consumption”
or tuberculosis or lung cancer.

Filmic portrayals would include:

Several versions of LA BOHEME
Various versions of CAMILLE (and LA TRAVIATA)
LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
DeSica’s A BRIEF VACATION
Luhrman’s MOULIN ROUGE
MAGNOLIA

Also, the Doc Halliday story has Victor Mature coughing plenty in MY
DARLING CLEMENTINE and Val Kilmer doing the same in TOMBSTONE.

Again, black lung disease is referenced in many movies about coal miners,
including HARLAN COUNTY USA and BRASSED OFF.

Of course, drowning is another interruption of breath too. 

--Robert Keser



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From: Patrick Baur [log in to unmask]
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 21:01:17 +0200
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Subject: Film and Breath


Hello all,

right now, I'm putting together a postdoc research project which, among
other things, deals with breath in film and in general the relation of
breath and film on a philosophical basis. May sound odd, but well... You
never know where philosophy drives you. So I'm interested in films dealing
with this topic in any possible way-but especially concerning shortness of
breath. Hence, I'd like to ask for some help considering the following:

1. Oh, how gladly would I recieve any hints concerning films relevant to
this topic besides Godard's "A bout de souffle"! E.g. films about people
suffering from asthma etc.

2. Rumour has it that Lacoue-Labarthe wrote something about that topic. Up
to now, I was unable to find anything, though. Would anyone know any text by
him about the topic (or, to be sure, texts by any other guy)?

3. Something more specific: About his film "Once Upon a Time in the West,"
Sergio Leone said: "The rhythm of this film aims at showing the tension of a
human being's last draws of breath shortly before his death." Anyone know
where I could find that quotation? Don't want to quote it just from my DVD's
back cover, but haven't found it yet.

Well, any help in this would be greatly greatly appreciated,

many thanks in advance,

Patrick

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