Left Bank group

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The Left Bank group was an informal collective of French filmmakers and writers associated with the French New Wave, known for their experimental, intellectual, and often politically engaged cinema.

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Label Occurrences
Left Bank group canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film movement subgroup ⓘ
informal collective of filmmakers and writers ⓘ
activeIn cinema ⓘ
country France ⓘ
differentiatedFrom Cahiers du Cinéma critics ⓘ
linked to: Cahiers du Cinéma
era 1960s ⓘ
late 1950s ⓘ
hasCharacteristic collaboration between writers and filmmakers ⓘ
collective ethos ⓘ
interest in documentary forms ⓘ
intermedial experimentation ⓘ
left-wing political sympathies ⓘ
literary orientation ⓘ
use of essay film form ⓘ
use of non-linear narrative ⓘ
use of voice-over commentary ⓘ
hasMember Agnès Varda ⓘ
Alain Resnais ⓘ
Alain Robbe-Grillet ⓘ
André Delvaux ⓘ
Chris Marker ⓘ
Claude Lanzmann ⓘ
Georges Franju ⓘ
Henri Colpi ⓘ
Jacqueline Meppiel ⓘ
Jacques Demy ⓘ
Jean Cayrol ⓘ
Jean-Daniel Pollet ⓘ
Joris Ivens ⓘ
Marguerite Duras ⓘ
Pierre Kast ⓘ
Romain Gary ⓘ
William Klein ⓘ
influenced essay film tradition ⓘ
experimental documentary ⓘ
political cinema ⓘ
influencedBy documentary tradition ⓘ
literary modernism ⓘ
political left ⓘ
knownFor experimental cinema ⓘ
intellectual cinema ⓘ
politically engaged cinema ⓘ
location Paris ⓘ
movement French New Wave ⓘ
opposedTo commercial mainstream cinema ⓘ
partOf French New Wave ⓘ
relatedTo Cahiers du Cinéma group ⓘ
linked to: Cahiers du Cinéma
sharesMovementWith Claude Chabrol ⓘ
François Truffaut ⓘ
Jean-Luc Godard ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alain Resnais → movement → Left Bank group ⓘ
Last Year at Marienbad → movement → Left Bank group ⓘ