Tag Archives: Nouvelle Vague
Le Pont du Nord (1981)
There is an ancient game called jeu de l’oie, or the “Game of the Goose.” Players throw dice and progress through a spiral path divided into sixty-three spaces. The goal is to be the first to reach the center, and … Continue reading
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Tagged 80's, Drama, Jacques Rivette, MacGuffin, motorcycle, Nouvelle Vague, Surreal
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The Bride Wore Black (1968)
One likes to imagine that after François Truffaut sat down with Alfred Hitchcock for the extended interview sessions that became the seminal book Hitchcock by Truffaut, he became restless to try out some of Hitchcock’s theories on his own. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, François Truffaut, Hitchcockian, Jeanne Moreau, Nouvelle Vague
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