Q 01/05
A) Tradition de Qualité
B) Cinéma Vérité
C) Nouvelle Vague
D) Caméra-Stylo
Answer · why
The movement peaked roughly between 1958 and 1962.
Q 02/05
A) Positif
B) Cahiers du cinéma
C) Les Temps Modernes
D) L'Écran français
Answer · why
Its early covers were film stills on bright yellow with no headlines.
Q 03/05
A) Claude Chabrol
B) François Truffaut
C) Jean-Luc Godard
D) Alain Resnais
Answer · why
It was his first feature and Jean-Paul Belmondo's breakthrough.
Q 04/05
A) Éric Rohmer
B) Jean-Luc Godard
C) François Truffaut
D) Louis Malle
Answer · why
It was his debut and his most successful film in France, with 4.1 million admissions.
Q 05/05
A) Split screen
B) Jump cuts
C) Slow motion
D) Match dissolves
Answer · why
Godard trimmed long takes from the middle to hit a 90-minute running time, on Melville's advice.
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