"Early in Nouvelle Vague, Richard Linklater's breezy, black-and-white homage to the making of Breathless, there's a shot of François Truffaut's The 400 Blows reflecting in the sunglasses of Jean-Luc Godard - a man who famously (almost) never removed his prescription specs, even in the cinema. His mates Claude Chabrol, Éric Rohmer and Truffaut have all had their chance to direct, and now Godard is champing at the bit."
"The result of this revisit to 1959 - the script co-written by Linklater's long-term collaborators Holly Gent and Vincent Palmo - is meticulously researched, unapologetic fanfic about a radical, francophone and deeply cool coterie of filmmakers. Over the course of six months, Linklater and casting director Stéphane Batut scoured for uncanny likenesses for the time's movers and shakers, including everyone from Roberto Rossellini to Agnès Varda, who are each introduced with a title card."
Nouvelle Vague is a breezy black-and-white film that revisits 1959 and the making of Breathless through a focus on the Cahiers du Cinéma circle. The script, co-written by Holly Gent and Vincent Palmo, frames the story as meticulously researched fan fiction about a radical, francophone coterie of filmmakers. Casting and production recreated period details, with six months spent finding uncanny likenesses from Roberto Rossellini to Agnès Varda and introducing each with a title card. The recreation of the Cahiers office elicited strong emotional responses from cast, crew and former Cahiers staff. Only Jean-Pierre Léaud and Godard’s assistant editor remain alive.
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