French New Wave from Royal Books, Inc.

N.p.: N.p., 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1965 film, showing cinematographer Raoul Coutard capturing a shot with actress Anna Karina while Jean-Luc Godard looks on. Cropping annotations in manuscript pencil and a Cinemonde stamp on the verso. Jean-Luc Godard's neo-noir foray into science fiction, following a secret agent in a dystopian future who is assigned… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1964. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1964 French film, showing Pierre Brasseur and Anna Karina reading a newspaper together. Stamp specific to the French release of the film on the verso. Based on Dolores Hitchens' 1958 novel "Fools' Gold." A young woman convinces two men to help her steal a large stash of money from… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1961. Collection of five vintage borderless oversize reference photographs from the 1961 film. Printed labels affixed to the versos. Considered overly sympathetic to the newly formed communist government, the documentary was banned in France for two years. An early effort by director Chris Marker, one of the French New Wave's few film essayists. … Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1964. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1964 film, all four showing actors Jean Desailly and Françoise Dorleac. One with the stamp of "L'Express" and a date stamp on the verso. Truffaut's fourth film, about a seemingly happily married literary scholar who begins an affair with an airline stewardess. Set and shot… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1963. Vintage reference photograph from the 1963 film, showing director Jean-Luc Godard and cameraman Raoul Coutard capturing a scene. Date stamp and provenance stamp on the verso. During the Algerian War, a French agent is ordered to assassinate a member of the National Liberation Front of Algeria (FLN), but cannot complete the mission due to his… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1966. Four vintage borderless double weight reference photographs from the 1966 French film. All four with annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. An inexperienced drug runner on a cross-continental train becomes the central figure in the imaginations of a group of filmmakers, who are engaged in the process of drafting their next feature. … Read more about this item

Paris: Agence D E B., 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1959 film, showing actors Henri Kassagi and Pierre Etaix. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with a provenance stamp and label. Director Robert Bresson's first wholly original screenplay, perhaps the finest of his many films, and according to one of its greatest champions,… Read more about this item

N.p.: Astor Pictures, 1961. Collection of five vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1961 French film. An enigmatic, dreamlike film, about an unnamed man and woman who meet at a party, where he insists they have met before, and she that they haven't. A divisive film, viewed by critics as either an ambiguous, surreal… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1962. Vintage matte-finish reference photograph from the 1962 film, showing director Éric Rohmer at the far right. Annotations in manuscript ink and provenance label on the verso. Upon hearing his promised inheritance has been given to a cousin, a man sinks into despair and indigence-only to later hear that the cousin has passed away, and… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1955. Vintage borderless photograph from the 1955 film, showing director Agnès Varda with cast and crew members during filming on location in Sète. Phototeque stamp and provenance label on the verso. A couple takes a trip to a small French fishing village to repair their relationship. Meanwhile, the village fishermen fight the government's recent ban… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1966. Four vintage reference photographs of director François Truffaut on the set of the 1966 film. Two with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. Based on the 1953 novel by Ray Bradbury. Truffaut's fifth film, set in a dystopian future in which all books are burned and free thought is discouraged. Set… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1959. Two vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1959 French film, both showing director François Truffaut on the set. Annotations in manuscript pencil relating to cropping on the versos, and one with a provenance stamp. Truffaut's auspicious debut, a semi-autobiographical tale of a young boy's estrangement from his family and school, leading him… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1961. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Alain Resnais and actress Delphine Seyrig on the set of the 1961 French film. Stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso, along with two "Photofest" stamps. alexander An enigmatic, dreamlike film, about an unnamed man and woman who meet at a party, where he insists… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1973. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1973 French film. One of the great films about film, chronicling the ups and downs in the lives of the cast and crew of a fictional melodrama. Nominated for four Academy Awards, winning one for Best Foreign Language Film. Shot… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1964. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1964 film. Based on Dolores Hitchens' 1958 novel "Fools' Gold." A young woman convinces two men to help her steal a large stash of money from her aunt. An outrageous and comical crime film and a classic of French New Wave cinema, later described by director Jean-Luc Godard… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1973. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1973 French film. One of the great films about film, chronicling the ups and downs in the lives of the cast and crew of a fictional melodrama film. Nominated for four Academy Awards, winning one for Best Foreign Language Film. … Read more about this item

Paris: Institut des hautes études cinématographiques, 1951. Vintage program for a 1951 showing of Alain Resnais' 1950 short documentary film at the prestigious Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC). Text in French. IDHEC was founded in Paris during World War II in order to offer training for virtually every aspect of film production. It counted a veritable… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1959. Collection of five vintage oversize double weight reference photographs from the 1959 film. Two photographs with the stamp of the Lérida Ministry of Information of Spain on the verso, and all five with annotations in manuscript ink regarding cropping and identifying the film. Two photographs with titles tipped on the recto, one crediting director Alain Resnais.… Read more about this item

Paris: Les Films du Carrosse, 1964. Vintage borderless photograph from the set of the1964 French film, showing director François Truffaut and cinematographer Raoul Coutard. With a stamp specific to the film's French release on the verso, along with a stamp noting No. 59. Truffaut's fourth film, about a seemingly happily married literary scholar who begins an affair… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1967. Vintage borderless black and white candid photograph of Jean-Luc Godard and Anne Wiazemsky at a cafe in Paris, 1967. With copyright labels for Rue des Archives on the verso. Wiazemsky made her film debut in Robert Bresson's "Au Hasard Balthazar" (1966), thoroughly impressing Godard, who claimed that the film was "the world in an… Read more about this item