The film was born on1895,65438+February 28th. It was first released in the "Indian Salon" of the Paris Cafe. Ten one-minute Lumiere Brothers movies with simple themes (baby eating his soup, tearing down a wall, etc.). ), there were 35 films on the first day.

In the words of Jean-Luc Ge Daer, if the Lumiere brothers were the last impressionist painters, then Georges Méliès was the first Art Nouveau poet. In his studio (he is essentially a gambler), he recreates news events and makes some magic movies, such as A Journey to the Moon. The public likes it. Similarly, the public is following the trend, and the mysterious film series Fant by Louis Feuerhard? Mas) and vampires.

The pinnacle of silent film/French avant-garde film

first time

At the end of World War II, French impressionist films appeared, and film directors like Marcel L 'Herbier preferred simple stories composed of fictional narratives, which contained many feelings and jumps, which was very common at that time.

1924, a symbolic avant-garde film joined the impressionist film. This avant-garde film is composed of marcel duchamp and man ray, sculpture artists of Dada Movement, who gave up narrative to create formal visual poems, such as Fernand Leger's Dance of the Machine and Louis bunuel and his An Andalusian Dog.

the thirties

In the early 1930s, the screen could not only be seen, but also heard. In France, rene claire and Jean Vigo brought poetic realism. The latter directed Atalanta, which is his masterpiece and the most magnificent performance of the movement. After Jean Vigo's death, Julian Dewey and Marcelle Carney made poetic realistic films gain a higher social status.

Finally, jean renoir's films shine brilliantly among peers with 1939 La règle du jeu.

This "fantasy drama" shows the problems existing in French society on the edge of World War II. Shot in July, 1939, which attracted a lot of boos. A few weeks later, World War II broke out. ...

French films during the occupation period

The exile of the most talented film directors has led to the emergence of some new talented directors, such as robert bresson and Marcel Carney, who made the first great film "Les visiteurs du soir" during the occupation period, and launched a series of films that incorporated the refuge into supernatural forces to avoid dealing with some topics of the times. But there is one exception: Colbault directed by Henr Georges Clouzot.

Post-war transformation

After World War II, French films did not regain their former glory. However, there are still four outstanding film directors: jean renoir, Max overalls, robert bresson and jacques tati.

Bresson, who rejected traditional movies, focused on the performance of the role. He always uses unprofessional actors. He gradually eliminated music from his films.

Jacques tati used noise as the inspiration for gag, and his hero, Mr. Luo Hu (himself), evolved in a poetic world ruled by absurdity.

1956, the woman created by God exploded like a thunderstorm. This kind of praise for lewdness declares the boldness of the new wave in the future.

New Wave

Thanks to the new portable camera and photographic film, the directors of New Wave left the studio to shoot outside. Lead the smallest crew, they shoot fast and have a low budget. They choose every bold technology, refuse to shoot according to the classic rules of scene scheduling, and express contemporary topics completely freely, close to what they care about.

In France, claude chabrol was the first film director to shoot a new wave feature film called Le beau serge, which was shot at 1958.

However, the praise came from 1959. Truffaut won the Best Director Award at Cannes International Film Festival for his first feature film Les 400 coups, which tells the unfortunate experience of a handsome thief boy running away.

The following year, Jean-Luc Godard filmed the leading film of this movement, A bout de souffle, which is a romantic and desperate story of youth apology, written by Fran?ois Truffaut.

recently

In the following decades, there were both new wave traditions and new film directors, such as Bertrand Tabini, Aaron Kono, claude miller and Maurice Pialat in the 1970s.

For new movie stars, including isabelle adjani and Gérard Depardieu, the 1970s had the same significance. Isabelle adjani doesn't often appear on the screen, but from Adele H's story to La Reine Margot, every performance is an important event. On the contrary, Gérard Depardieu is a continuous performer. His performances include various types, from punk in Where to, to historical characters based on French writer Zola's germinal novel and Balzac's Colonel Chabbert.

The 1980s was a time when a generation paid attention to the beauty and talent of beautiful images: the attic in Tianhou was as famous as Beatrice Dale's mouth in Jean-Jacques Benet's Blue Betty. The idol of the younger generation is luc besson, whose "Big Blue" has reached the level of an alternative film. In the early 1990s, the actor Christian Claviere officially became the new Louis de Fines in the film Les Visiteurs.

Nowadays, French films provide a unique palette of writers: alain resnais, Andre Tessin, Jean-Paul Rappeneau (No One Sleeps Tonight starring Juliette Binoche), Bertrand Tabini and claude lelouch (The Courage of Love). At the same time, don't forget a new generation of film directors, such as arnaud desplechin, Laurence Ferreira Barbosa, Marion Knox, Tonie Marshall, Pascal Phelan and mathieu kassovitz. ...