Saturday Night And Sunday Morning Analysis

In both French and British New Waves, they sought to capture life as it was really lived in their societies, by using unprofessional actors and filming on location. This was a new thing to do since before films depicted a certain life that most people would not think of living. French and British New Wave wanted to put an end to that and make it realistic, like maybe people could actually relate and see it happening. As Gareth Evans puts it “showed the vibrant realism of Paris’ streets and its inhabitants at a time when many Hollywood films were still formulaic and studio bound”. When watching films, The 400 Blows and Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, from both French and British New Wave you have this sense that you can if actually there
During the time of many of these movies, was after World War I, so many directors wanted to show how the little person lived after such carnage. Which you could see in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, because Arthur had this view on life that it could easily be wiped away. Other thing that helped with giving these films and was a part of the New Wave was using unprofessional actors. I feel like having unprofessional actors give it this authentic feeling, because the actors may of not having an extensive training as an actor. The actor in The 400 Blows that played Antoine was fourteen-year-old Jean-Pierre Leaud. Truffaut audition like over hundred boys for the part to play Antoine but decided with Leaud, because he said it reminded him of himself. For Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, the actor that played Arthur was Albert Finney. Finney was a professional actor but not a well-known actor, so having him in the film still gave it this real life feel to it because most people did not know who he was, it was like a fresh new face for