The Influence of the French New Wave

[jessicachan510]

What's the song's name?

[emilydirenzo09]

Hi there, it's me again. I was just wondering how exactly Eternal Sunshine from the Spotless Mind is reminiscent of French New Wave? I've been researching this and have had a hard time finding anything.

Your help would really be appreciated!

[gsundt]

The list of films are:

The 400 Blows (Francois Truffaut) - Largely suggested as one of the two films that jump started the French New Wave movement)

Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn)

Annie Hall (Woody Allen)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry)

Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino)

The Godfather Trilogy (Francis Ford Coppola)

Star Wars IV - VI (George Lucas, Irvin Kirshner,

Carrie (Brian DePalma)

[OBSysteme]

@gsundt I can't deny there are alot of good american films.... I think I was ranting against the films that dominte american cinema and give it its face to the world.... : (

[emilydirenzo09]

Hey, I'm doing something similar to this for my film assignment and was wondering if you could list the films in this video? :) thanks so much! Great vid btw.

[OBSysteme]

what influence on American cineman... sorry to be so blunt... but american cinema is mostly Guns, exploding cars, and violent sex.... with a childish good VS evil guys rammmed up our *ss in nearly every film....

[gsundt]

@OBSysteme I'd hate to think you would dismiss a good majority of well-made American mainstream cinema that DOES NOT ram simplistic good v. evil, guns, exploding cars, and/or violent sex up our asses...

From 2010 alone: The Social Network, The King's Speech, Toy Story 3, How to Train Your Dragon, The Kids Are All Right, The Fighter, Cyrus, 127 Hours...

...Not to mention GOOD films that had those things: Black Swan, Inception, Scott Pilgrim VS The World, Kick-Ass, The Town, True Grit...

[Rachyf1]

@gsundt The Kings speech is a british film i think. Not that your point isnt a good one, of course America produces a lot of great films. But I am pretty sure the kings speech is a british film.

[gsundt]

@OBSysteme Sorry, ran out of space in the last box.

Non-Guns/Exploding Cars/Violent Sex/Good V. Evil: Easy A, Never Let Me Go, The Tillman Story, WInter's Bone, I'm Still Here

With G/EC/VS/GvE: Blue Valentine, Unstoppable, I Love You Phillip Morris, Animal Kingdom, The Killer Inside Me, Harry Brown, Black Dynamite

You see, it just so happens that America is the #1 exporter of Entertainment around the world, and so we're gonna have a lot of crap being made in order to fund the good films.

[memilner]

@gsundt A lot of those films you mentioned aren't American BTW. I'm not trying to fight what you were saying because I agree with you but I just though I'd point that out. People are quick to dismiss American cinema because they produce the most crap films but at the same time, they produce the most quality films.

[Howesy89]

awesome collage of french new wave!! ..btw Coppola and George Lucas were both big fans of art house cinema in the 60s so maybe french new wave probably had some 'lingering effects' later in the 70s

[MyName42]

Very well done, but I'm not quite sure how the French New Wave influenced all of those films. For instance The Godfather and Star Wars don't really seem to fit to me. How were the influenced?

[Thoe22]

I'd love to know how the French New Wave had any influence on Star Wars.

[RubyTuesday717]

@Thoe22 Me, too!

I actually think surrealists Jean Cocteau and Chris Marker were bigger influences on ETERNAL SUNSHINE.

[liedowninthelight]

@Thoe22 R2-D2

[AstroCreepFilms]

A moving Display of the power and beauty of film

[Forkroute]

Beautiful.

[seanist]

Great job