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  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Lorber Films
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Lorber Films
  • 1 h 31 m

Summary An in-depth analysis of the relationship between New Wave pioneers François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, as seen through rare archival footage, interviews, and film excerpts — written and narrated by former Cahiers du Cinéma editor Antoine de Baecque and directed by Emmanuel Laurent. (Lorber Films)

Directed By: Emmanuel Laurent

Written By: Antoine de Baecque

  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Lorber Films
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Lorber Films
  • 1 h 31 m

Two in the Wave

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Summary An in-depth analysis of the relationship between New Wave pioneers François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, as seen through rare archival footage, interviews, and film excerpts — written and narrated by former Cahiers du Cinéma editor Antoine de Baecque and directed by Emmanuel Laurent. (Lorber Films)

Directed By: Emmanuel Laurent

Written By: Antoine de Baecque

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90
Two in the Wave honors that collaboration by carefully recounting its details and arguing for its significance. The films of Truffaut and Mr. Godard stand or fall by themselves, but together they made history.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
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The documentary is primarily a work of whimsy.
By Wesley Morris FULL REVIEW
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Feb 7, 2011
Laurent's brushstrokes always feel a little too broad to capture the finer details of the legendary New Wavers, but some fascinating archive footage saves his documentary from missing the mark altogether.
By David Parkinson FULL REVIEW
50
An interesting but flawed look at the birth of the French New Wave.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
50
The demoralizing slide of the relationship between Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, from artistic comrades-in-arms during the thrilling creation of the nouvelle vague to name-calling enemies from the early '70s onward, is charted in overly academic and constricted fashion in Two in the Wave.
By Todd McCarthy FULL REVIEW
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Director Emmanuel Laurent extends de Baecque's essay with clips from Truffaut-Godard films (diminished in HD) and, rather than new interviews with contemporaries, footage of an attractive actress (Isild Le Besco) flipping through old photos and looking pensively at the entrance of the old Cinémathèque Française.
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The film blows up a minor aspect of the New Wave to foolishly apocalyptic proportions, substituting gossip for gospel.
By Keith Uhlich FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Films à Trois, Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep), Angoa-Agicoa, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
Release Date May 21, 2010
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.filmsduparadoxe.com/deuxvaguecat.html
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