The French New Wave cinema is arguably the most fascinating of all film movements, famous for its exuberance, daring, and avant-garde techniques. A History of the French New Wave Cinema offers a fresh look at the social, economic, and aesthetic mechanisms that shaped French film in the 1950s, as well as detailed studies of the most important New Wave movies of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Richard Neupert first tracks the precursors to New Wave cinema, showing how they provided blueprints for those who would follow. He then demonstrates that it was a core group of critics-turned-directors from the magazine Cahiers du Cinéma—especially François Truffaut, Claude Chabrol, and Jean-Luc Godard—who really revealed that filmmaking was changing forever. Later, their cohorts Eric Rohmer, Jacques Rivette, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, and Pierre Kast continued in their own unique ways to expand the range and depth of the New Wave.  In an exciting new chapter, Neupert explores the subgroup of French film practice known as the Left Bank Group, which included directors such as Alain Resnais and Agnès Varda. With the addition of this new material and an updated conclusion, Neupert presents a comprehensive review of the stunning variety of movies to come out of this important era in filmmaking.

法国新浪潮电影可以说是所有电影运动中最吸引人的，它以其奔放、大胆和前卫的技术闻名。法国新浪潮电影史》对塑造20世纪50年代法国电影的社会、经济和审美机制进行了全新审视，并对20世纪50年代末和60年代初最重要的新浪潮电影进行了详细研究。理查德-纽珀特首先追踪了新浪潮电影的先驱者，展示了他们如何为后来者提供蓝图。然后，他证明，正是《电影手册》杂志中由评论家转为导演的核心小组--尤其是弗朗索瓦-特吕弗、克劳德-夏布洛尔和让-吕克-戈达尔--真正揭示了电影制作正在发生永远的变化。后来，他们的同僚埃里克-罗默（Eric Rohmer）、雅克-里维特（Jacques Rivette）、雅克-多尼奥-瓦尔克罗兹（Jacques Doniol-Valcroze）和皮埃尔-卡斯特（Pierre Kast）继续以他们自己独特的方式扩大新浪潮的范围和深度。 在一个令人兴奋的新章节中，诺伊贝尔探讨了被称为 "左岸集团 "的法国电影实践子集团，其中包括阿兰-雷斯奈和阿涅斯-瓦尔达等导演。随着这些新材料的增加和结论的更新，诺伊贝尔全面回顾了这个重要的电影制作时代所产生的各种令人惊叹的电影。