"But it was Jean-Pierre Melville who provided the initial model for post-World War II directors, proving, first that Astruc's complaints about the excessive barriers to entry into the French film industry were all too true, and second, that individuals could nonetheless manage to serve as their own producer and director and succeed despite those industrial constraints."
- Neupert, Richard. A History of the French New Wave Cinema (Wisconsin Studies in Film), University of Wisconsin Press, 2002. pg 45-46
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The French New Wave's founding priciples are important to my studies in that it emphasizes the subjectivity of film documentary. When an action is retold by a French New Wave filmmaker, there is a clash and synthesis of reality and manipulation that both expresses the experiences and perspectives of individuals and expands the narrative to connect with the world.
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