To become immortal, and then die

I’ll confess to not watching the entirety of the supposed film classic Breathless; in the end it was a bit too slow and a bit too French, I suppose. Perhaps the film’s title suggests the audience should not hold their own waiting for something to happen - a guarantor of asphyxiation. However, I did catch a great bit of dialogue that perhaps speaks to the film’s reputation. A creative type of some ilk is being interviewed and the female protagonist asks him what his life ambition is. He ignores the question entirely, apparently brushing her off. She repeats the question a minute or two later, and this time he responds, “to become immortal, and then die”.

Good answer.