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| Name 3 French new wave directors |
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- Francois Truffaut
- Jean-Luc Goddard
- Eric Rohmer
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| What is meant by the “Auteur” theory/”la politique des auteurs”? |
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| directors were considered as authors of their films, the creative equivalent of painters & novelists |
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| What is the cahiers du cinema? |
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| influential French film magazine founded in 1951 by André Bazin |
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| The new wave directors were reacting against a particular type of French cinema. What was it called? |
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| What is the significance of the finale freeze frame in Truffaut’s 400 blows? |
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| Suggests that Antoine’s journey is unresolved. Open ending/lack of closure is a tribute to the Italian neo-realist story of ambiguity. |
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| What is the name of the child character in 400 Blows/what is meant by the ‘Antoine Doinel” cycle of films? |
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| What were the narrative and stylistic innovations of Godard’s ‘Breathless’? |
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· Broke 180 rule, 30 rule with jump cuts. Spontaneous, improvised, small crew, small budget, natural locales, camera is mobile, mercurial, fluid, and flexible. Film is self-conscious, reflexive film that was fully aware of the conventions it was breaking. |
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| Explain the term “The New Wave”: |
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| New wave of directors came directly from film criticism, unconventional stories, auteur theory, audience highly educated in film criticism, emerged as a reaction against the stagnant, mainstream French films called “tradition of quality. |
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| Name 2 films by Francois Truffaut |
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| 400 blows (1959), Jules and Jim (1962) |
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| Name 2 films by Jean-Luc Godard |
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| Breathless (1960), Contempt (1963) |
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| What was the name of the article written by Truffaut criticizing mainstream, commercial friend cinema/the tradition of quality? |
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| A Certain Tendency of the French Cinema” by Truffaut & published in Cahiers du Cinema in 1954 |
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| Name 4 factors which contributed to the emergence of the new wave: |
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| Social setting, new production options, film history, government institutions, critical renaissance. |
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| Mention 4 key aspects of the French new wave : |
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| Auteur theory, finance & technology, use of handheld cameras, unconventional stories. |
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