Questions I asked on yahoo answers.

What do you know about French New Wave?

The only answer I got: 'Nothing'.

In your opinion what was the best French New Wave film?

1st Answer:

Masculin Feminin by Jen-Luc Godard. "The Children of Marx and Coca-Cola" This piece in my opinion, is a film that really examines the social climate of the time. Theslow decay of value, the nihilist overtones really shine in this film. I like this film due to its linear aspect, which is not apparent in most of Godard's work in the 1960's. I mean its interesting to see how the work of italian surrealists prior, influenced the state of French New Cinema, this is best seen in my opinion in Godard's Masculin Feminin

2 answer:

A bout de souffle (Godard)
Les Quatre cent coups (Truffaut)
La Boulangère de Monceau (Rohmer)
Bob le flambeur (Melville) (technically before the official New Wave, but his best film)
Le bonheur (Agnes Varda)

What's your favourite character from French New Wave cinema?

1st answer:

The Jean Luc Godard film "the Mother and the Whore" is one of the better french films I've seen because of it's simplicity. I didn't care for either of Alexander's lovers but it was realistic. A lot of women end up the other woman to some loser of a boyfriend. I never quite understood the title though. It seemed liked both his women were mothering him.

2nd answer:

Bardot in "Une Vie Privee." She was courageous enough to actually play herself, with all the self-contradictions in plain sight: trained as a dancer but destined to be a movie star, famous but lonely, adored but despised, rich but miserable. All in all, BB gave the performance of a lifetime-totally convincing and equally moving.