A history of the French new wave cinema / Richard Neupert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neupert, Richard John.

Series:

Wisconsin studies in film.

Wisconsin studies in film

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--France--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

New wave films--France--History and criticism.

New wave films.

Physical Description:

xxix, 408 p. : ill.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The French New Wave cinema is arguably the most fascinating of all film movements, famous for its exuberance, daring, and avant-garde techniques. A History of the French New Wave Cinema offers a fresh look at the social, economic, and aesthetic mechanisms that shaped French film in the 1950s, as well as detailed studies of the most important New Wave movies of the late 1950s and early 1960s.Richard Neupert first tracks the precursors to New Wave cinema, showing how they provided blueprints for those who would follow. He then demonstrates that it was a core group of critics-turned-directors from the magazine Cahiers du Cinéma-especially François Truffaut, Claude Chabrol, and Jean-Luc Godard-who really revealed that filmmaking was changing forever. Later, their cohorts Eric Rohmer, Jacques Rivette, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, and Pierre Kast continued in their own unique ways to expand the range and depth of the New Wave.In an exciting new chapter, Neupert explores the subgroup of French film practice known as the Left Bank Group, which included directors such as Alain Resnais and Agnès Varda. With the addition of this new material and an updated conclusion, Neupert presents a comprehensive review of the stunning variety of movies to come out of this important era in filmmaking.

Contents:

Cultural contexts : where did the wave begin?

Testing the water : Alexandre Astruc, Agnes Varda, and Jean-Pierre Melville

New stories, new sex : Roger Vadim and Louis Malle

Claude Chabrol : launching a wave

Francois Truffaut : the new wave's ringleader

Jean-Luc Godard : Le petit soldat

The cahiers du cinema cohort : Eric Rohmer, Jacques Rivette, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, and Pierre Kast

On the new wave's Left Bank : Alain Resnais and Agnes Varda.

Notes:

Previous ed.: 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-394) and index.

ISBN:

9786612594717

9781282594715

1282594710

9780299217037

0299217035

OCLC:

932318037