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"Les Quatre cents coups, better known as The 400 Blows, a film that every man can relate to, because every man once was a boy. It also bears the historical importance of being among the first films of the Nouvelle Vague, along with Breathless. [The last shot] is one of the few freeze fames that I think really works in the history of film. When you do a freeze frame, you have the opportunity to find the exact shot that you want — no guessing. And [director Francois Truffaut] used it to the full effect."

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Raymond Cauchetier's New Wave

Raymond Cauchetier, Philippe Garner and James Hyman

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In the late 1950s and early 1960s French New Wave cinema exploded onto international screens with...

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The 400 Blows (1959)

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Raymond Cauchetier's New Wave