Two in the Wave

Name: Two in the Wave
Genre: Documentary
Released: May 21, 2010
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 59

2010

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Lorber Films | Release Date: May 21, 2010

Summary: An in-depth analysis of the relationship between New Wave pioneers François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, as seen through rare archival footage, interviews, and film excerpts — written and narrated by former Cahiers du Cinéma editor Antoine de Baecque and directed by Emmanuel Laurent. (Lorber Films)

Director: Emmanuel Laurent

Genre(s): Documentary

Runtime: 91 min

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A.O. Scott

Two in the Wave honors that collaboration by carefully recounting its details and arguing for its significance. The films of Truffaut and Mr. Godard stand or fall by themselves, but together they made history. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

For the uninitiated, this fun French documentary detailing the camaraderie and division between filmmakers François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard reveals a time when "the cinema" was something to get excited about and literally fight over. Read full review

Wesley Morris

The documentary is primarily a work of whimsy. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

An interesting but flawed look at the birth of the French New Wave. Read full review

Boxoffice Magazine Wade Major

It's certainly a story worth telling, but hardly as pivotal and all-encompassing as they would like to believe, all of which makes the effort far more exhausting than it ever should have been. Read full review

Todd McCarthy

The demoralizing slide of the relationship between Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, from artistic comrades-in-arms during the thrilling creation of the nouvelle vague to name-calling enemies from the early '70s onward, is charted in overly academic and constricted fashion in Two in the Wave. Read full review

Nick Pinkerton

Director Emmanuel Laurent extends de Baecque's essay with clips from Truffaut-Godard films (diminished in HD) and, rather than new interviews with contemporaries, footage of an attractive actress (Isild Le Besco) flipping through old photos and looking pensively at the entrance of the old Cinémathèque Française. Read full review

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