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Richard Linklater on Overcoming Language Barrier to Direct ‘Nouvelle Vague’: ‘The Sound of Cinema to Me Is French Language With English Subtitles’
Richard Linklater talks about his experience directing 'Nouvelle Vague' in French, and filming it the way 'Breathless' was shot.
When Richard Linklater set off to direct “ Nouvelle Vague,” a black-and-white tribute to Jean-Luc Godard that charts the making of his debut film “Breathless,” the Oscar-nominated American director spared no details. He recreated the 1959 classic’s Parisian setting, lighthearted mood and three-way chemistry between the two leads and their director – played by Jean Seberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Godard lookalikes: Zoey Deutch, Aubry Dullin and Guillaume Marbeck. But as shown by Lucie Saada in her short film “Le Making of de Nouvelle Vague,” a behind-the-scenes look at the production which also played at the Biarritz Festival, Linklater had a much more meticulous and relentless approach.
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