Movie Meditations

French New Wave After Italian Neo-Realism was introduced, the style of film was used across the world in different variations. Like in Italian Neo-Realism, the protagonist can be a not-so positive person. The film makers used natural light, real people (not actors), and usually one camera. Examples of French New Wave style directors are Quinton Tarantino, Lars Von Trier, Wes Anderson, and Greta Gerwig. In many of these people's movies, the audience follows a real person through the real world, in real time. They also utalize "miss en cine", which is the technique of not acting for the camera. 

Italian Neo Realism and New Realism Italian Neo Realism was a new form of film starting in the 1940s that was made to rebel against the typical Hollywood "Blockbuster Movies". It brought about a new way of filming and character connection with the audience. In these New Realism films, the audience saw the world as it was, instead of a glorified, flashy version of life. Directors often took people off the street to act in these movies instead of real actors. In the film, Bicycle Thieves , the film was shot on real locations in Italy, not on a set in a studio. In that movie, we see life as it is for Italian people in the 1940s. The main conflict of the movie was a simple, relatable problem that made us feel for the main character; he needs a bike. That was it. And through that relatively small problem, much more problems are created. The main character in these films did not have to be good people. There didn't have to be a "good guy". The conflict co...