Italian Neorealism

Italian Neorealism was a film movement focused on working class and the poor. A lot of the times the actors were not actors but normal people off the streets. The movement was started post world war ii Italy showing everyday life, poverty, injustice and oppression. Furthermore, it was started to oppose the mainstream films including Telefonica Bianchi films.

French New Wave

French new wave, also known as La Nouvelle Vague, is a very important style started in the 1950s - 1950s. The directors which developed this style did it to go against the main stream  films being made. They focused more on current social issues and explored the film form. A noticeable technique in French new wave is jump cuts as well as the actors speaking to the camera or ignoring it. 

AVANT-GARDE FILM REVIEW

Wavelength (Michael Snow, 1967)

I watched both the 42 minute, pretty much 43 minutes, and a sped up 3 minute version. 

Definitely preferred the shorter version not solely for the fact that it was shorter but I liked 

the overlapping clips and how it affected the colors in each of the clips. It allowed me to notice everything more and mostly I think thats just because of my attention span. I think most people would agree with though. Overall I enjoyed watching this film for the interesting colors and the final image of waves. The waves in the picture were clearly, well waves, they were moving. But since it was a photograph they were still but the film kept getting closer and closer which I thought was interesting.