nouvelle vague
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The film was based on an idea by François Truffaut, another icon of the nouvelle vague, and began shooting in Paris without a script.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2021
The double bill was an immersion in the black-and-white, Gauloise-enriched universe of nouvelle vague Paris, and exiting the theater onto Bleecker Street became a disorienting extension of the movies, a demonstration of the medium’s power.
From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2016
In this case, it was mental images of these two great iconic figures of the French nouvelle vague as the younger, more vigorous and physically beautiful figures they once were.
From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2012
He replaced the actor chosen for the lead, Ben Johnson, with himself and proceeded to embark on a series of existential adventures which left even the nouvelle vague well behind.
From The Guardian • May 30, 2010
Indians incorporated the new pigments into their traditions, expanding them and in the process creating an aesthetic nouvelle vague.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
