The Critical Reception of a French New Wave Film

‘The Impact of the French New Wave’

Research the American and French critical reception of the following films:  400 Blows / Les Quatre Cent Coups (Francois Truffaut, 1959);

Research the American and French critical reception of one of the following films:

Hiroshima mon amour (Alain Resnais, 1959)
400 Blows / Les Quatre Cent Coups (François Truffaut, 1959)
Breathless / A bout de souffle (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960)
Cleo from 5 to 7 / Cléo de 5 à 7 (Agnès Varda, 1961)
Lola (Jacques Demy, 1961)
My Life to Live / Vivre sa vie (Jean-Luc Godard, 1962)

How did critics respond to the New Wave?  Were the films of the New Wave met with approval and excitement, hostility, or a variety of responses?  Did critics comment primarily on the film’s themes or were they attentive to narrative and style, as well?  Did critics seek to identify the “authorial signature” of the film’s director, reflecting an egangement with the politique d’auteur?  Did the critical reception of the film differ in France and the U.S.?  Did critics understand such films as Hiroshima, mon amour as part of a movement or did they respond to each film individually upon its release?

After you have chosen your film, go to Memorial Library and gather at least twenty articles.  Feel free to ask the wonderful reference librarians for help.  Look for reviews in film journals (Sight & Sound, Film Quarterly), trade publications (such as Variety),  and magazines (Time, Newsweek, Life, The New Yorker, etc.).  A good place to start is the Film/Literature Index,  housed in the reference room of Memorial Library.  You may need to order articles from Inter Library Loan, so be sure to start your research right away.  If you can read French, examine reviews in Cahiers du cinéma, Positif, Le Monde, L’Express, etc.

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