Influence of New Wave Around The World

The French wave spread its tentacles around the world before the movement started dying in France. With new wave unleashed, the world cinema was overflowing with talents and techniques in cinema. The influence of new wave was so great that the wave continued to reach the audience of the world with directors adopted the characters of the movement in their films that echoed until 1990s. It is still noticeable even today to see few films giving the new wave touch that will definitely affect the spectators.

American New Wave

American New Wave went through three different generations of filmmakers like a Tsunami sweeping off the whole of the American film industry along with other countries started in France as the French New Wave. Able to see through three waves for 40 straight years American directors like Howard Hawks, John Ford, and Orson Welles constantly walked the path, where they envisioned cinema as an art and not just mere ‘some’ entertainment. Some of milestone films of American New Wave cinema

List of American New Wave Films

• The Little Fugitive by Morris Engel, 1953
• Shadows by John Cassavetes, 1959
• Skyscraper by Shirley Clark, 1960
• Primary by Drew Associates, 1960
• A Child is Waiting by John Cassavetes,1963
• The Cool World by Shirley Clark, 1964
• Mickey One, Arthur Penn, 1965
• 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick, 1968

New Wave in European Nations

British New Wave

The Nouvelle Vague of France spread to Britain giving a trend of ‘New Wave’ film making in late 1950 to 1960s. British New Wave also called as Free Cinema. The characteristic style and themes; and on location shoots capturing the life of the real people that were borrowed from French New Wave.

Remarkable British New Wave Films

• Room at the Top by Jack Clayton, 1959
• Hell is a City by Val Guest, 1960
• The Entertainer by Tony Richardson, 1960
• Billy Liar by John Schlesinger, 1963
• Tom Jones by Tony Richardson, 1963
• A Hard Day’s Night by Tony Richardson, 1964

Czech New Wave

The ripple effect of new way hit different parts of the world Czech too got sucked into the gushing movement of French New Wave in late 1960s. The movement was lead by veteran directors like Jan Němec, Jaromil Jireš, Juraj Jakubisko, Štefan Uher a combination of Czech and Slovak directors who produced a new genre of films known as Czechoslovak New Wave. Some of the characters of Czech Movement that made them even more unique than French New Wave.

• Non- professional actors
• Unscripted dialogues
• Absurd humor
• Strong narratives

Film and Directors

• The Sun in a Net by Štefan Uher, 1962
• Black Peter by Miloš Forman, 1963
• Diamonds of the Night by Jan Nemec, 1964
• Closely Watched Trains by Jiří Menzel, 19666
• Daisies by Věra Chytilová, 1966
• Valerie and Her Week of Wonders by Jaromil Jireš, 1971

Hungarian New Wave

The creative period of Hungarian New Wave started in 1960 with a mild liberation given to the social life and the minimal freedom given to the film society where along political influence Hungarian Cinema slowly started moving international. This new wave of Hungary is commonly called as Hungarian Socialist New Wave.

Remarkable Films of Time

• Adoption (Örökbefogadás) by Márta Mészáros, 1975
• Cold Days (Hideg napok) by András Kovács, 1966
• Sindbad (Szindbád, d. Zoltán Huszárik, 1971
• Ten Thousand Suns (Tízezer nap, d. Ferenc Kósa, 1965/67
• The Whistling Cobble Stone (A sípoló macskakő, d. Gyula Gazdag, 1971

Polish New Wave

There has always been an debate of new wave in Poland and it was made certain by film historians that the Polish cinema had a certain influence and attempted on the New Wave Cinema. Such type of aesthetic works that can especially be found in new wave works are in some of the acclaimed films from the house of Polish Film Industry and like any other European New Wave Poland saw its new wave in late 1960s.

Polish Films of Time

• Rysopis (Identification marks), 1965
• Intimní osvětlení, (Lightning), 1965
• Na wylot (Through and Through), 1973
• Wanda Gosciminski – wlókniarka (Wanda Gosciminski, a Textile Worker), 1975

New German Cinema

Mainly influenced by French new wave, Germany too went out making low budget films and saw new directors where the wave lasted from 1960 to 1980. The new cinema of Germany was born in the wave of stagnation the old cinema. The new cinema was a group that excelled in artistic view of the movie who later turned out to be auteur filmmakers. The Young German cinema looked into other European nations and Hollywood fresh directors as a reference to turn the German Cinema that could be recognized in the international stage post war.

Japanese New Wave

Starting in late 1950s and going through 1970s Japanese new wave otherwise called as Nuberu Bagu, was also one among the influenced countries. The Japanese directors picked up influences from the international directors that was initially slow but turned out to be an independent film movement.

Directors of Time

• Children Who Draw, Susumu Hani
• Suzaki Paradise, Kawashima Yuzo
• Giants and Toys, Yasuzo Masumura
• The Sun’s Burial, Nagisa Oshima
• The Song of Bwana Toshi, Susumu Hani
• The Profound Desire of the Gods, Shōhei Imamura