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.

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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
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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Alain Resnais movement Left Bank group