Breakaway

Breakaway plays out like a visual symphony. A prototype for the best (but still, lesser) contemporary formalist music videos, like Peter Cares Whats the Frequency, Kenneth? and Drive (both for REM), Conners movie is an experiment in the visual language of film. But no matter how powerful a formal analysis of his filmmaking process may be in suggesting how Conners rhythms affect us, there is much in Breakaway in Basilottas brash and unbridled self-assertiveness, in Conners feverish camera style, and even in the uncomplicated honesty of Cobbs catchy lyrics and tune that defies verbalisation and must simply be loved! — Senses of Cinema