Monday, February 22, 2021

FRENCH NEW WAVE

 FRENCH NEW WAVE



New Wave (FrenchLa Nouvelle Vague) is a French art film movement[3] which emerged in the 1950s and 1960s. New Wave filmmakers were linked by a spirit of iconoclasm and their rejection of traditional filmmaking conventions. Common features of the New Wave included experimentation with editing, visual style, and narrative, as well as engagement with the social and political upheavals of the era.[3] The New Wave is often referred to as one of the most influential movements in the history of cinema.

Key director : Jean-Luc Godard 

Godard focused on subverting genre and narrative and experimented with many elements of film form such as long unbroken takes...



Weekend ( Godard 1967)

Godard also used highly unconventional and experimental editing techniques such as jump cuts , which filmmakers normally avoid as it breaks the rules of invisible editing ...





A bout de souffle ( Godard 1960) 



Bande a part ( Godard 1964)

Godard is a huge influence on many postmodernist , experimental and mainstream  filmmakers such as  Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino