New Wave

by Peter Graham

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Genres: Film, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 1968

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Reviews

[Srikanth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Anthology of post-war French film criticism, superbly selected even by today's standard.

We don't get Truffaut's Une Certaine Tendance, but his lovely 1962 interview with Cahiers ("I don't think the world needs my films, I don't think the world needs me. I must get accepted by it, and the way to do this is by my work)". Not Godard's review of Nicholas Ray or Ingmar Bergman, but his review of Astruc's Une Vie. The three pieces from Positif are a robust riposte to the rest of the selection, all drawn from Cahiers. Gérard Gozlan's "In Praise of Bazin" powerfully locates and criticizes Bazin's theory historically, while Benayoun's provocative "The King is Naked" is a sobering experience.

[Prisoner 071053 · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ruined by feminist nonsense.

[Jason Roseleth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good choice of essays. The best are the pamflet by and the interview with Truffaut, although those by Bazin are enjoyable too. Other essays by the Cahiers-people can be a bit self-contradictory and confusing at times. The rest is made up of highly critical ones and those try to bash Bazin and the Nouvelle Vague movement. This last group is a bit overrepresented i feel like, since I bought this book mainly because I have enjoyed a lot of Nouvelle Vague movies.