The Museum of Arts and Design and Museum of the Moving Image are launching “French New Wave Essentials,” presenting the best and most influential films of French New Wave.
Relive one of the most legendary moments in 20th century culture, through beautifully presented screenings of some of film history’s most famous works. Included in the series are two films that prefigured the New Wave: Jean-Pierre Melville’s soulful, American-influenced gangster drama Bob le Flambeur, and Roger Vadim’s wildly popular And God Created Woman, a celebration of the modern spirit of post-war France in the form of Brigitte Bardot.
The remainder of the series is dedicated to masterpieces by the loosely allied group of writer-directors who revolutionized world cinema beginning in 1959: François Truffaut (The 400 Blows, Jules and Jim), Jean-Luc Godard (Breathless, A Woman Is a Woman, Vivre Sa Vie, Alphaville, Pierrot le Fou), Eric Rohmer (La Collectionneuse, My Night at Maud’s), Claude Chabrol (Les Bonnes Femmes), Alain Resnais (Last Year at Marienbad), Jacques Demy (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) and Agnès Varda (Cleo from 5 to 7, Le Bonheur).
All films will be shown in 35mm prints, many in recently restored versions.
Screenings will be held at the Museum of Arts and Design auditorium at 2pm and 4pm each Saturday and Sunday from July 11 through August 30. Movie tickets are: $11 general admission and $7 for MAD and Museum of The Moving Image members; movie and museum admission: $20.00 general admission and for Museum of The Moving Image members/students/seniors: $18.00. No reservations, seating is first come, first served. For information, contact 212.299.7717.
Special thanks to the French Cultural Services office of the French Embassy in New York for its support of this series.
SCHEDULE: FRENCH NEW WAVE ESSENTIALS AT THE MUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN
July 11 & 12, 2 PM
BOB LE FLAMBEUR. 1956, 98 mins. Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville.
July 11 & 12, 4 PM
BREATHLESS. 1959, 90 mins. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
July 18 & 19, 2 PM
THE 400 BLOWS. 1959, 99 mins. Directed by François Truffaut.
July 18 & 19, 4 PM
AND GOD CREATED WOMAN. 1956, 94 mins. Directed by Roger Vadim.
July 25 & 26, 2 PM
LA COLLECTIONNEUSE. 1967, 89 mins. Directed by Éric Rohmer.
July 25 & 26, 4 PM
MY NIGHT AT MAUD’S. 1969, 110 mins. Directed by Éric Rohmer.
August 1 & 2, 2 PM
VIVRE SA VIE. 1962, 85 mins. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
August 1 screening introduced by Richard Brody (The New Yorker), author of Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard
August 1 & 2, 4 PM
JULES AND JIM. 1962, 105 mins. Directed by François Truffaut.
August 8 & 9, 2 PM
CLEO FROM 5 TO 7. 1962, 90 mins. Directed by Agnès Varda.
August 8 & 9, 4 PM
THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG. 1964, 91 mins. Directed by Jacques Demy.
August 15 & 16, 2 PM
ALPHAVILLE. 1965, 99 mins. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
August 15 & 16, 4 PM
LES BONNES FEMMES. 1960, 100 mins. Directed by Claude Chabrol.
August 22 & 23, 2 PM.
LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD. 1961, 94 mins. Directed by Alain Resnais.
August 22 & 23, 4 PM
A WOMAN IS A WOMAN. 1961, 84 mins. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
August 29 & 30, 2 PM
LE BONHEUR. 1965, 75 mins. Directed by Agnès Varda.
August 29 & 30, 4 PM
PIERROT LE FOU. 1965, 100 mins. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard.