{"id":6035,"date":"2025-11-15T17:25:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T01:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/village.elisaleonelli.com\/?p=6035"},"modified":"2025-11-15T17:25:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T01:25:02","slug":"nouvelle-vague-jean-luc-godard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/village.elisaleonelli.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/15\/nouvelle-vague-jean-luc-godard\/","title":{"rendered":"Nouvelle Vague-Jean-Luc Godard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nouvelle Vague<\/em><\/a>, directed by Richard Linklater, tells the story of the shooting of Breathless<\/em><\/a> (\u00c0 bout de souffle, 1960), the first movie by Jean-Luc Godard<\/a>, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo<\/a> and Jean Seberg.
\nIt premiered in Cannes, and streams on Netflix as of November 14.<\/p>\n

\"\"Nouvelle Vague or the French New Wave<\/a> was a movement started by film critics of the magazine Cahiers du Cinema<\/em>, that rejected the old tropes of traditional French movies, then put their revolutionary theoretical ideas into practice, starting with The 400 Blows<\/em><\/a> (Les quatre cents coups) by Francois Truffaut, which premiered in Cannes in 1959.<\/p>\n

\"\"After seeing this amusing retelling with a surprisingly funny Godard, American actress Zoey Deutch as Seberg, and a cast of French actors, I pulled out the unopened DVD of Breathless<\/em> from my extensive collection, but discovered that it was damaged and would not play. So I rented the movie from Amazon from $3.99, which was good because it was a restored version.<\/p>\n

\"\"When I first saw Breathless<\/em> (Fino all’ultimo respiro<\/a>) I was a tween living in Italy, and I was instantly smitten with Belmondo. I would then watch every single movie by Godard with great delight, excited by his subversion of movie conventions, his belief that cinema was an art form.<\/p>\n

His work was the main reason why in 1969 I decided to write my thesis about cinema at the University of Bologna. My professors would not allow me to study Godard, however, I had to choose Alain Robbe-Grillet<\/a>, since his work spanned from literature, to screenwriting to directing.<\/p>\n

Some Godard movies are available on streaming.<\/p>\n

\"\"A Woman Is a Woman<\/em><\/a> (Une femme est une femme, 1961) with Anna Karina, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Claude Brialy, was shot in color.<\/p>\n

\"\"My Life to Live<\/em><\/a> (Vivre sa vie, 1962) stars Anna Karina (Godard\u2019s first wife)<\/p>\n

\"\"Contempt<\/em><\/a> (Le M\u00e9pris, 1963) with Brigitte Bardot and Michel Piccoli, is based on Alberto Moravia\u2019s 1954 novel Il disprezzo<\/em>,\u00a0 Watch here<\/a> a scene. Bardot, reading from a book about Fritz Lang<\/a>, quotes the director: \u201cWe must rebel when we\u2019re trapped by conventions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Alphaville<\/em><\/a> (1965) stars Eddie Constantine and Anna Karina<\/p>\n

\"\"Pierrot le Fou<\/em><\/a> (1965) stars Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina<\/p>\n

\"\"Masculin f\u00e9minin<\/em> <\/a>(1966) stars Jean-Pierre L\u00e9aud<\/a>, who debuted in Truffaut\u2019s The 400 Blows<\/em> as a teenager.<\/p>\n

\"\"Weekend<\/em><\/a> (Week-end, 1967). The film concludes with two title cards: \u201cEnd of film\u201d and \u201cEnd of Cinema.\u201d<\/p>\n

After La Chinoise<\/em><\/a> (1967), starring his second wife Anne Wiazemsky, and Week-end<\/em>, Godard abandoned the movie industry to found a Marxist cinema collective.<\/p>\n

In 1968 many of us young people in Italy and France were occupying universities and protesting the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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