French New Wave

I suppose all the cinema that i enjoy these days has some reference to French New Wave. Without it i suppose we'd only have the hollywood movies to go see at the cinema. Those strange movements, that strange quirkiness that all new films seem to contain at some point or another are all inspired by that crazy generation of French film makers that took their passion to a new level that started a new kind of film altogether. It's because of Filini, and Truffaux that we have such film makers as Scorsese, Wes Anderson, and Soderbergh.

Of coarse due to my new sudden enlightenment to thriller films i seem to be trying to match up this generation of film making with these thrillers that i have so suddenly been attracted to. Soderbergh's Ocean's films are a real treat for me and it seems easy to see the influences to French New Wave. The long held shots that should have cut away long before they do, the single shot held on a single face throughout and entire back and forth conversation to show one single emotion from one single person even though the other may the one you should be focusing on, the shots that have been improvised and mistaken for true acting, in which it isn't acting, it's reality, its realism.

This is something different from realism though. This is style that contributes to story. It drives us to explore deeper into a character, to want to immerse ourselves in a characters world, to fill their shoes to try the incredible and do what they do. Observation is key, but living is the effect. The endings aren't what we want, but they are what happens, no hollywood wrap ups, this is how it is and this is how it will always be. What is in the shot will always contribute to something that is raw and contributes our character to whatever is there, almost nothing is purposeful, it is true film in a way.