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4 days ago · Un Mot Dans Le Vent | Contemporary French New Wave Short FilmLet us know what you think. Inspired by Breathless - Jean-Luc Godard Directed/Written/Edited: Th...
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5 days ago · Agnès Varda (born May 30, 1928, Ixelles, Belgium—died March 29, 2019, Paris, France) was a French director and photographer whose first film, La Pointe Courte (1954), was a precursor of the French New Wave movies of the 1960s.
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2 days ago · Truffaut’s critical writing provided an ethos for a group of independent, iconoclast filmmakers that rejected those mainstream ideals, and the French New Wave was born. The French New Wave’s ethos rejected the classically produced, studio-style films that began to predominate globally and in France.
3 days ago · Jean-Paul Belmondo, French motion picture actor who embodied the antiheroic spirit of the French New Wave in his early performances and later starred in and produced many commercially successful films that highlighted his graceful agility and easygoing charm. Learn more about his life and career.
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3 days ago · The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.
1 day ago · New wave, which surfaced around 1978–79 with some of the same attitudes and aesthetic as punk, was characterised by Martin as "progressive" multiplied by "punk". Bands in the genre tended to be less hostile towards progressive rock than the punks, and there were crossovers, such as Fripp and Eno's involvement with Talking Heads , and Yes ...
5 days ago · The phenomenon of international coproduction arose at Cannes in the late 1940s. The festival was at times the site of artistic contention as well, as in 1958–59, when advocates and opponents of the French New Wave exchanged diatribes and manifestos.
