Documentary Two in the Wave gives you a peek into the fabled relationship of film geniuses Godard and Truffaut
Documentary Two in the Wave gives you a peek into the fabled relationship of film geniuses Godard and Truffaut
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| Jean-Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut |
Intrested in New Wave Cinema? Pick up a DVD of Emmanuel Laurent's documentary Two in the Waveu00a0 that attempts to examine the love-hate relationship between filmmakers Jean-Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut, pioneers of the French Nouvelle Vague movement in cinema.
Born in 1930, Godard bonds with Truffaut (born two years later), over the love of cinema. Truffaut's The 400 Blows is a hit in Cannes in 1959, and he helps his friend by offering him a screenplay which already has a title, A bout de souffle, or Breathless, often hailed as one of Godard's cinematic triumphs. But a loyal friendship of 30 years eventually falls apart is when bitter infighting over actor Jean-Pierre Leaud followed by Godard's plunge into radical politics even as Truffaut continues to use the camera as an escape from reality. Disgusted with each other's attitudes, the two grow bitter and apart.
Although younger, Truffart influenced Godard's filmmaking, and the freeze-frame scene that ends Breathless pays homage to a similar technique used in The 400 Blows, as the documentary explains. Full of tidbits about their respective careers, influences, and inspirations, this is a must-buy for anyone interested in the story behind theu00a0 friendship, ideology and eventual fall out between the two legends.
