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After seeing 'Perfect days' the other day, I was reminded of this. Japanese New Wave director Yasuzō Masumura is considered by some to be "the most important filmmaker in the history of postwar Japanese cinema", yet I never heard of him before. How can that be? [more inside]
posted by growabrain on Feb 4, 2025 - 4 comments

Jules and Jim is a 1962 French New Wave romantic drama film, directed, produced and written by François Truffaut. Set around the time of World War I, it describes a tragic love triangle involving French Bohemian Jim (Henri Serre), his shy Austrian friend Jules (Oskar Werner), and Jules's girlfriend and later wife Catherine (Jeanne Moreau). (Wikipedia) [more inside]
posted by sapagan on Nov 22, 2019 - 1 comment

Anyone interested in watching some movies from the Australian New Wave beyond the most well known examples like Mad Max? [more inside]
posted by Fukiyama on Feb 27, 2019 - 7 comments

Also known as A Flame At the Pier, Takashi Fujiki stars as a rebel in this drama about life on the Yokohama waterfront by New Wave director Masahiro Shinoda. The rebel works as an errand boy for a shipping company and vents his frustrations by plucking on the guitar. His interpretations of popular trends in music are sometimes right-on, and sometimes not exactly. Bereft of his guitar, the rebel's modes of expression are not as effective in generating interest as the Yokohama docks themselves, a fascinating world in their own right. [via] (Available to stream commercial-free to Hulu subscribers here.) [more inside]
posted by ob1quixote on Sep 7, 2015 - 1 comment