Andre Bazin was a prominent academic figure in the French film society during the 1950s and 60s in Paris. A co-founder of the French cinema journal, Cahiers du Cinema he influenced a generation of up and coming young directors who would be at the fore front of French new wave cinema. Bazin developed theories surrounding the ontology of cinema and the psychological experience depicted in the moving image of film. He widely discussed correlations between psychology and cinema, such as representations in dialogue and movement that were both stylistic and meaningful.
La Nouvelle Vague, translated in English as 'the new wave', marked a period in French filmmaking that was upbeat, on topic, heavily stylised and deliberately removed from the period dramas that had dominated the French film industry. This new wave of cinema was instigated by a troupe of young, philosophical and energetic directors intent of creating innovative films for an evolving audience. The directors Jean-Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut, Eric Rohmer, Agnes Varda, Alain Resnais were all spawned from La Nouvelle Vague and would enjoy varying degrees of success as auteurs.
Breathless "A bout de souffle" (1960)
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Written by Francois Truffaut
Last Year at Marienbad "L'annee derniere a Marienbad" (1961)
Directed by Alain Resnais
Written by Alain Robbe-Grillet
The 400 Blows "Les quatre cents coups"(1959)
Directed by Francois Truffaut
Written by Francois Truffaut & Marcel Moussy
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