Chapter 1
How a group of critics rewrote the movie rulebook
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Chapter 2
The colorful, poetic, and political sixties
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Chapter 3
The endless experimenter and his legacy
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YOUR GOAL
Master of The films of Jean-Luc Godard
Ch 2 · The colorful, poetic, and political sixties
maya Jean-Luc Godard New Wave Cinema
New Wave, jump cuts! Cinema's old rules, he threw away!
Fun Fact
The famous dance: The synchronized cafe dance in 'Band of Outsiders' was so iconic that director Quentin Tarantino named his production company, A Band Apart, after the film.
Glossary
nouvelle vague (noun)
A radical 1960s film movement spearheaded by Jean-Luc Godard that rejected traditional cinema for poetic, political experimentation. It's the reason modern movies love jump cuts.
A radical 1960s film movement spearheaded by Jean-Luc Godard that rejected traditional cinema for poetic, political experimentation. It's the reason modern movies love jump cuts.
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Which Danish-French actress was Jean-Luc Godard's wife, muse, and star of iconic 1960s films like 'My Life to Live' and 'Band of Outsiders'?
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In the 1963 film 'Contempt', which legendary American director plays himself, offering advice on how to make movies?
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What famous, synchronized activity do the three main characters perform in a cafe in Jean-Luc Godard's 1964 film 'Band of Outsiders'?
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Which famous French actress starred in Jean-Luc Godard's highly successful, big-budget 1963 film 'Contempt'?
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How did Jean-Luc Godard use sound to challenge traditional movie expectations in his 1960s films?
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What was the name of the political filmmaking collective Jean-Luc Godard co-founded in the late 1960s to make anonymous, revolutionary movies?
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What major historical event in France in May 1968 caused Jean-Luc Godard and other directors to shut down the Cannes Film Festival in solidarity?