The French New Wave hit us like a seductive punch in the late 50s and into the 1960s. To steal a line from The Nation of Ulysess, it was a deathly serious unserious attempt to revolutionize what film meant to a generation. It was more than big scores and production value; it became a symbol of vibrant and realistic cities where the camera could go anywhere on a whim. Let's get into your definitive primer for la nouvelle vague.
Jean-Luc Godard's stylish crime drama wasn't about a heist or event, so much as stylishly cool people in a realistic setting using actual light and hand-held cameras. Not literally cinéma vérité, but this helped catapult JLG into international status as a director and with a clear style in mind.
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