French New Wave

1958–68·5 films

Young critics proved they could make better films. Jump cuts, handheld cameras. Cinema's punk rock.

Every 'cool' film borrows from this. Tarantino, Wes Anderson — all children of the New Wave.

revolutionaryexperimental

Filmography

The 400 Blows

1959

Truffaut

Neglected boy. Final freeze frame is legendary.

Breathless

1960

Godard

Broke cinema's grammar.

Eyes Without a Face

1960

Franju

Surgeon steals faces.

Cléo from 5 to 7

1962

Varda

Real-time medical anxiety.

Le Samouraï

1967

Melville

Coolest hitman film ever. Influenced Drive, John Wick.

5 films in French New Wave