Nouvelle Vague review — Richard Linklater's geeky homage to Godard

The epitome of niche entertainment is this whimsical behind-the-scenes drama from Richard Linklater given its premiere at Cannes. Nouvelle Vague is about the making of Jean-Luc Godard's seminal crime film from 1960, À bout de souffle (Breathless). Godard's classic, alongside François Truffaut's The 400 Blows, essentially launched the French New Wave and radically altered the creative parameters of cinematic style and substance. Stodgy studio shooting and wholesome dramatic subjects were out. Handheld camera work, lively street scenes and hipster insouciance were in. A direct line, in fact, can be traced from À bout de souffle to Linklater's roving, freeform breakout hit from 1990, Slacker.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Linklater approaches this material with the spirit of a enthusiastic Godard geek. Everything here is

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