For the movie, The 400 Blows is directed by François Truffaut. The film is about bastard child Antoine, as his youthful exuberance is slowly drained from him by his desolate life. The reason why Zico picked this movie because The 400 Blows was one of the best French New Wave movies that had made. It reflected the reality inside the lives of the people living in Paris.
Next, the director of Paris Belongs to Us is Jacques Rivette. The film is about Anne Goupil, a literature student in Paris, 1957. Her elder brother, Pierre, takes her to a party where the guests include Philip Kaufman, an expatriate American escaping McCarthyism, and Gerard Lenz, a theatre director who arrives with the mysterious woman Terry. The talk at the party is about the apparent suicide of their friend Juan, a Spanish activist who had recently broken up with Terry. Philip warns Anne that the forces that killed Juan will soon do the same to Gerard. Gerard is trying to rehearse Shakespeare's "Pericles", although he has no financial backing. Anne takes a part in the play to help Gerard, and to try to discover why Juan died. The reason why Hui Bin chose this movie is because it is Rivette's first full-length film as a director, one of the first works of the French New Wave and one of the best French New Wave movies. Besides, it reflects youthful rebellion, social criticism, and human relationships among the characters in the movie.
The following movie is Jules and Jim and it is directed by Francois Truffaut. In Paris, before World War 2, two friends, Jules (Australian) and Jim (French) fall in love with the same woman, Catherine. But Catherine loves and marries Jules. After the war, when they meet again in Germany, Catherine starts to love Jim. This is the story of three people in love, a love which does not affect their friendship, and about how their relationship evolves with the years. The reason why Yi Lin selects this movie is because this movie is talking about human relationship like the others French New Wave movies. It is very interesting that actually 2 good friends and involves in love but it doesn’t affect their relationship.
The fourth movie is Le Samouraï that choosen by Jia Jun. Jean-Pierre Melville is the director of this movie. The movie is about a perfectionist, Jef Costello who always carefully plans his murders and who never gets caught. However, there was one night after killing a night-club owner, he’s seen by withnesses. His efforts to provide himself with am alibi fail and more and more he gets driven into a corner. The reason why he chooses this movie is he likes to watch any movie about samurai so he can know aboout what is the style of French New Wave movie that related to samurai.
Lastly, Justin selects Breathless as the movie that he wants to analyze. This movie is direct by Jean-Luc Godard. This movie is about an irresponsible sociopath and small-time thief, steals a car and impulsively murders the motorcycle policeman who pursues him. Now wanted by the authorities, he renews his relationship with Patricia Franchini, a hip American girl studying journalism at the Sorbonne, whom he had met in Nice a few weeks earlier. Before leaving Paris, he plans to collect a debt from an underworld acquaintance and expects her to accompany him on his planned getaway to Italy. Even with his face in the local papers and media, Poiccard seems oblivious to the dragnet that is slowly closing around him as he recklessly pursues his love of American movies and libidinous interest in the beautiful American.
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