The Influence of the French New Wave

A critical video essay on the influence of the French New Wave movement and it's direct influence on American cinema.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• godfather
• godfather part ii
• eternal sunshine
• spotless mind
• french
• french new wave
• the 400 blows
• carrie
• brian de palma
• woody allen
• george lucas
• star wars
• darth vader
• bonnie and clyde
• pulp fiction
• quentin tarantino
• samuel l. jackson
• annie hall
• gary
• sundt

[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]

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...

[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.

[Thoe22]

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

[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.

[jessicachan510]

What's the song's name?

[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.

[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!

[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.