French New Wave
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The New Wave, also called the French New Wave, is a French art film movement that emerged in the late 1950s. The movement was characterized by its rejection of traditional filmmaking conventions, favo
"Three by Truffaut" poster for the US re-release of French New Wave films The 400 Blows, Shoot the Piano Player and Jules and Jim.
François Truffaut in 1965
Jean-Luc Godard in 1968
Agnès Varda at the Venice Film Festival, 1962
Auteur
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An auteur is an artist with a distinctive approach, usually a film director whose control is so unbounded, the director becomes the "author" of each film, and can manifest a personal style, vision, an
Alfred Hitchcock was often mentioned as an auteur director with a unique, recognizable style that left an imprint of his "authorship" on all of his films.
Film director and critic François Truffaut in 1965
Brian Wilson, pictured in 1966 during the recording of The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds
Hideo Kojima during the Tokyo Game Show in 2011