Jean-Luc Godard

The films of French director Jean-Luc Godard, a member of the nouvelle vague (New Wave) movement, marked a radical departure from established cinematic conventions. In his films he displayed such inventive techniques as jump cuts (cutting the film mid-scene rather than between scenes), intentionally shaky camera work, alluding to other films, blurring the distinction between fiction and reality, and improvising storylines and dialogue.

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New Wave (cinema); Godard, Jean-Luc

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