French New Wave

Question 1

What is the auteur theory?

Answer 1

director of the film is the real author the film; believed one consciousness has to inscribe his/her vision, personal lives on the film

Question 2

Key elements in French New Wave films?

Answer 2

Jump cut editing, rapid editing, shooting on location for lower cost, natural lights, influenced by Neo-realists
2-3 member crew
From little technique to lots of film techniques to make audience be conscious of watching a movie

Question 3

What is Cahiers du cinema?

Answer 3

film journal founded by Andre Bazin and nurtured Francois Truffaut, Jean Luc Godard and Claude Chabro

Question 4

What are the two groups in French New Wave?

Answer 4

(1) Cahiers group - film critics turned directors: Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette, Eric Rohmer and Francois Truffaut;
(2) “Left Bank” group: Chris Marker, Alain Resnais and Agnes Varda

Question 5

What is Cinémathèque Française?

Answer 5

French film organization that holds one of the largest archives of film documents and film-related objects in the world. The collection emerged from the efforts of Henri Langlois and Lotte H Eisner in the mid 1930s

Question 6

François Truffaut (1932-1984)

Answer 6

a group of early films in black and white and two decades of films in colour
The 400 Blows 1959
Shoot the Piano Player 1960
Jules and Jim 1962
The Wild Child 1970
Day for Night 1973

Question 7

Jean-Luc Godard (1930-)

Answer 7

His films are consistent in their inconsistency, their eclecticism, their mixing of many different kinds of ideas and cinematic principles
Breathless 1959
My life to live 1962
Weekend 1967

Question 8

Alain Resnais (1922-2014)

Answer 8

started the career as film editor and documentary filmmakers. His films are thoughtful, astonishing, tightly controlled, and at times operatic. One of the key thems is the effect of time.
Hiroshima mon amour 1959
Je t’aime, je t’aime 1968