The French New Wave is widely regarded as one of the most influential movements ever to take place in cinema back in mid-1950s. The effects of the new wave have been felt since its birth as a movement long after it faded away. It was a motion against the traditional French cinema, which was more literature than cinema. One of the movie “la politique des auteur”, using jump cuts and the unimportance of linear structure make the movie become even more awesome back in time. Most importantly, it gave a radical sense of change in cinema that would trickle throughout the world.
The effects of the new wave movement are far and wide. The films that sprung out of it gained international fame and young filmmakers around the world had grown up watching them. The most recent filmmaker to show an extensive study and use of new wave techniques has been Quentin Tarantino (Roberts and Wallis 97). Tarantino is not shy in sharing his opinions about his favorite director, Godard, and the influence the new wave has had on his movies. It can be said that pulp fiction was made in tribute to such Godard films as A bout de Souffle. Tarantino even named his production company “A Band Apart” after the Godard film of similar name.
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