Category Archives: Introduction to Film: Europe

Live Dangerously Until the End

European Cinema History: The French New Wave ~ ‘Breathless’ (À bout de souffle) In the late 1950s and early 60s, the way we looked at cinema was changed, forever. The nouvelle vague, or French ‘new wave’ was an artistic and innovative movement whose adherents … Continue reading

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Nosferatu and German Expressionist Cinema

An Introduction to Film Studies 2: European Cinema For our first lecture in European Film studies, we talked about German expressionist cinema, its influence, its context in the country’s history and the techniques and styles used by this movement. After the First … Continue reading

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