Nouvelle Vague
Guess it works way better than expected as another Linklater hangout flick 'disguised' -- not so much, really -- as a period piece that happens to be about the making of a landmark in modern filmmaking and also a vivid snapshot of a time and place when/where artists were like superheroes and young people thought they could change the world. That's why it feels so optimistic and lovely as a love letter not to cinema, but to the people who make films and write/dream about them every second of their lives. Insanely quotable, of course. And what a wondrous production design.
Mini Review: Guess it works way better than expected as another Linklater hangout flick 'disguised' -- not so much, really -- as a period piece that happens to be about the making of a landmark in modern filmmaking and also a vivid snapshot of a time and place when/where artists were heroes and young people thought they could change the world. That's why it feels so optimistic and lovely as a love letter not to cinema, but to the people who make films and write/dream about them every second of their lives. I
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glumpy_99
Thoroughly enjoyed this as Linklater’s tribute to Godard, two film-maker’s I would not necessarily leap to pair together; Linklater gets the look, feel and texture of Godard’s a...
ccslicker
This film is a parlor trick. These actors sure look like those other actors from the other movie we could be watching instead!
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It's a well-made and visually pleasing...
griggs79
It’s fitting that a film about the birth of cinematic cool should look this good. Nouvelle Vague is Richard Linklater’s playful, monochrome homage to the making of À B...
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