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A history of the French new wave cinema

A history of the French new wave cinema

Richard John Neupert · 2003 · 342 pages

Motion picturesNew wave filmsHistoryHistory and criticismMotion pictures, franceMotion pictures, history

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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. The French New Wave cinema is arguably the most fascinating of all film movements, famous for its exuberance, daring, and avant-garde techniques.

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