Discussion Post 10/7 -Cassie

https://bookandfilmglobe.com/film/the-french-new-wave-at-60/


In this article the French New Wave Cinema is revisited after 60 years. Now with cinemas drastically different, we can view the movement differently while keeping perspective on how it influences modern day film.
As the article says, while today the advents of the movement may seem common place, at the time of their arrival they were revolutionary. Changing both narrative and technique, the new wave morcèlent replaced the structure of old Hollywood, reinvigorating cinema for a wider audience. One of the primary goals of the movement was to bring cinema back to the people. Through accessibility but also by creating narratives that more people could relate to, that were therefore more believable, and also by giving voice to new artists.
The article details the history surrounding the movement including its leaders who were mostly film critics and how film criticism informed their film making process. New Wave cinema was highly analytical and was meant to be analyzed. In addition to the history of the artists, the article also focuses on the history of France and Europe st the time which was behind America culturally following WW2, heightening the influence of older movies such as Hitchcock and Orson Welles on filmmakers.