French New Wave

The French New Wave movement started in the late 50's
Critics started directing movies because they wanted to express themselves

Making movies cost too much, so when it got cheaper, directors got more control.
Roger Vadim's And God Created Woman (1956) is considered the first film in the genre.

Shot on location
Shot silent, dubbed with ADR
Extended shots
Scenes aren't rehearsed
Natural lighting
Freeze frames

Agnes Varda -Grandmother of New Wave
Combining fictional and documentary techniques
Cleo de 5 a 7 follows a woman in real time waiting for a biopsy. This one sounds like an interesting watch.

Francois Truffaut
The 400 Blows is the movie that bought the genre worldwide.
Jules and Jim is a movie that I've seen. It's a nice little romance slice of life about a woman and two men. There are a lot of movies with love triangles in them, but this one IS a love triangle. It's an interesting watch.

Jean-Luc Godard
Abrasive style with handheld camerawork and jerky editing.

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