French New Wave Showcase
Video Association of Dallas and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - DFW
co-present the French New Wave Showcase Saturday afternoons in September!
French New Wave, or in French “Nouvelle Vague,” is the style of highly
individualistic French film directors of the late 1950s—early ‘60s. Films by
New Wave directors were often characterized by fresh techniques using the city
streets as character in the films.
The New Wave films stimulate discussion about their place in the
history of cinema and film. So whether a cinephile or a casual filmgoer, learn
more about this distinctly French film movement. French New Wave Showcase, presented by the Video Association of Dallas and the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema -
DFW, screens every Saturday at 4 pm at Alamo Richardson.
“The French New Wave was a reaction to the bigness of Hollywood.
Serious film scholars, writers and lovers started the movement to counteract
the regimented Studio System. Their poetic way of taking filmmaking to the
streets was immediately inspiring to a new generation of American filmmakers,
showing them that creating original meaningful cinema was in reach. Their
movement inspired many other cinematic moments that continue to propel cinema
today,” said Bart Weiss, founder of Video Association of Dallas and founder of
Dallas VideoFest, which starts its 28th year Oct. 13.
