Many New Waves:
British New Wave cinema, however the French movement was most prominent and influential, with a focus on Paris.
La pointe Courte (1954) by Agnes Vardu starts off the new wave
New Wave Film-makers included:
•Jean-Luc Goddard
•François Truffaut
•Claude Chabrol
•Jacques Rivette
•Eric Rohmer
New wave is described as: Speaking in the vernacular, with contemporary speech, dress and mannerisms
Jean Paul Sartre described new wave as Existentialism with films that:
–Stressed the individual.
–Experience of free choice.
–Absence of any rational understanding of universe.
–Sense of absurdity in human life.
–In indifferent world, existentialist seeks to:
–Act authentically
–Use free will
–Take responsibility for all their actions.
–Avoid playing out roles pre-ordained by society.
New Wave French films were often shot on location, shot using cheap and lightweight equipment with Experimentation encouraged.
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