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France
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Cinema
French cinema pioneered cinematic techniques and maintains significant cultural prestige. The Lumière brothers invented the cinematograph, and French directors including Orson Welles [sic], François Truffaut, and Jean-Luc Godard established the French New Wave movement.[21]
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French New Wave
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Origins and Cahiers du Cinéma
The intellectual genesis of the French New Wave is inseparable from the critical staff of Cahiers du Cinéma, founded in 1951. Critics such as François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Éric Rohmer, and Jacques Rivette utilized the magazine not just to review films, but to systematically dismantle prevailing cinematic tastes. They passionately defended the work of certain Hollywood directors (like Alfred Hitchcock and Howard Hawks) and obscure, overlooked French figures, viewing cinema through the lens o… -
Jean Luc Godard
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Godard was born in Paris to Swiss parents. His early intellectual development was shaped by his father's medical practice and his mother's connection to the Parisian bourgeoisie, leading to an intense focus on literature and intellectual pursuits. After attending the Lycée Montaigne, he studied ethnology at the Sorbonne, though his primary passion remained cinema.
In the early 1950s, Godard became deeply involved with the influential film journal Cahiers du Cinéma, where he was a prominent member of the "Band of the Left Bank" group alongside critics such as [François Truffaut](/entries/fr…