Left Bank group
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The Left Bank group was an informal collective of French filmmakers and writers associated with the French New Wave, known for their experimental, intellectual, and often politically engaged cinema.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film movement subgroup
ⓘ
informal collective of filmmakers and writers ⓘ |
| activeIn | cinema ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| differentiatedFrom | Cahiers du Cinéma critics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
1960s
ⓘ
late 1950s ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
collaboration between writers and filmmakers
ⓘ
collective ethos ⓘ interest in documentary forms ⓘ intermedial experimentation ⓘ left-wing political sympathies ⓘ literary orientation ⓘ use of essay film form ⓘ use of non-linear narrative ⓘ use of voice-over commentary ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Agnès Varda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alain Resnais NERFINISHED ⓘ Alain Robbe-Grillet NERFINISHED ⓘ André Delvaux NERFINISHED ⓘ Chris Marker NERFINISHED ⓘ Claude Lanzmann NERFINISHED ⓘ Georges Franju NERFINISHED ⓘ Henri Colpi NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacqueline Meppiel NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacques Demy NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Cayrol NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean-Daniel Pollet NERFINISHED ⓘ Joris Ivens NERFINISHED ⓘ Marguerite Duras NERFINISHED ⓘ Pierre Kast NERFINISHED ⓘ Romain Gary NERFINISHED ⓘ William Klein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
essay film tradition
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experimental documentary ⓘ political cinema ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
documentary tradition
ⓘ
literary modernism ⓘ political left ⓘ |
| knownFor |
experimental cinema
ⓘ
intellectual cinema ⓘ politically engaged cinema ⓘ |
| location | Paris ⓘ |
| movement | French New Wave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedTo | commercial mainstream cinema ⓘ |
| partOf | French New Wave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Cahiers du Cinéma group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sharesMovementWith |
Claude Chabrol
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
François Truffaut NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean-Luc Godard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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