Welcome to the Cinema of Change podcast with Robert Rippberger and Tobias Deml.
Professor Paige teaches at the UC Berkeley French Department and has published a number of papers and books focusing mostly on seventeenth and eighteenth-century French literature and culture. What makes him so unique to us is that he is on of the foremost experts on the French New Wave – and the magazine that came with it, the “Cahiers du Cinema.” This period in 1960s French Cinema sparked a revolution in filmmaking worldwide. How could a few french intellectuals change the face of cinema? We’re about to find out.
- 00:25 – Intro: The French New Wave (FNW)
- 01:23 – How does a film movement form and become successful?
- 05:50 – Did the “Cahier du Cinema” magazine dictate the course of the French New Wave?
- 10:12 – How did the FNW filmmakers transition from critic to creator?
- 13:45 – How does a journalistic background influence a filmmaker?
- 19:46 – When do film revolutions happen – and how can we forecast them?
- 24:35 – Is a cultural shift usually preceded by a generational shift?
- 27:39 – What’s the next revolution that makes us rethink cinema?
- 35:12 – Can films properly portray the existential questions of life?
