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Elevator to the Gallows 1958
As I re-watched this classic late 50s French thriller, I noticed again how many of the different elements of the new wave were already present at this early moment: a new generation obsessed with fast cars and media celebrity, the discredited adults with their hands, dirtied by France's colonial wars and capitalist greed and the tremendous vitality and creative cinematography of the scenes shot on location in the streets of Paris. Even the improvisational quality that marks so many New…
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