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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

It’s extremely poetic and introspective, almost like a Japanese nouvelle vague from the ’80s.

From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2020

All the nouvelle vague guys blew your mind.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 21, 2018

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

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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