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nouvelle vague

[noo-vel vag] / nu vɛl ˈvag /
NOUN
new wave
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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

Most remarkably, he succeeded in enlisting the services of Raoul Coutard, the cinematographer who had worked for Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut and other directors of the nouvelle vague.

From The Guardian Mar. 20, 2011

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




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