Aug 29: Nouvelle vague

There have been a number of movements and trends in cinema.

One of them is the French New Wave.

I remember when I was in my 20s and 30s that there were more French films shown on TV than now and a lot of them were directed by people such as Claude Chabrol, Francois Truffaut, Jacques Demy, Jean-Luc Godard and others.

La Nouvelle Vague) is a French art film movement that emerged in the late 1950s. The movement was characterized by its rejection of traditional filmmaking conventions in favor of experimentation and a spirit of iconoclasm. New Wave filmmakers explored new approaches to editing, visual style, and narrative, as well as engagement with the social and political upheavals of the era, often making use of irony or exploring existential themes. The New Wave is often considered one of the most influential movements in the history of cinema.

Source: Wikipedia

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