French New Wave Cinema Emerges

In the late ’50s to the late ’60s, a cinematic movement called French New Wave sprouted. This approach was brainstormed by notable directors who wanted to give more artistic flair to masterpieces rather than a controlled creation. Films under this classification were characterized by jump cuts, handheld cameras, and improvised dialogues.

Filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960 movie Breathless is one of the earliest and finest examples of French New Wave, also called Nouvelle Vague. It became an important part of history and went on to inspire some of the magnificent directors we now have today, including Pulp Fiction’s Quentin Tarantino.