If you
think about the French Nouvelle Vague, some of the
things that may come to your mind are
Jean-Pierre
Leaud's confused look at the end of Les quatrecents coups,
Jean
Seberg's striped t-shirts in A bout de souffle,
Jeanne
Moreau's fake moustache in Jules et Jim,
Jean-Paul
Belmondo's blue face in Pierrot le fou.
Yet, Nouvelle Vague also means Jean-Luc Godard's black
sunglasses.
Worried that the viewer could get bored towards the end of her feature Cléo de 5 a 7 (1961), film director Agnes Varda jotted down a short story.
“The heroes of this story are Anna Karina and Jean-Luc Godard. The truth behind this film, my wish
to do it in this way, is that I had enough of Godard's dark sunglasses, very dark; one could never see
his eyes. And I knew – I had seen – that he had beautiful eyes. So I made up a silly story.”
his eyes. And I knew – I had seen – that he had beautiful eyes. So I made up a silly story.”
By the way, Cléo de 5 a 7 (1961) is not at all boring.
