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Louis Malle (1932–1995) was a French film director, screenwriter and producer associated with the French New Wave who worked in both narrative cinema and documentary.

Malle's work spans experimental early films, jazz-inflected noirs and provocative dramas; he directed films in the 1950s through the 1990s and is publicly associated with the French New Wave and documentary filmmaking.

DeBaser reviews highlight Louis Malle's range from Nouvelle Vague experimentation to intimate dramas. Recurring themes include erotic passion, bourgeois critique, jazz-infused atmospheres and moral controversy. Reviews praise his direction and occasionally criticize specific films' execution or ethics.

For:Fans of French cinema, students of film, and readers interested in New Wave and controversial cinema.

 One of the core tenets of Christianity invites us to "love thy neighbor as thyself."

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 the noises, thoughts, and emotions dominate more than the unfolding of the story or the dialogues:

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 Malle is like an explorer: he stages strong situations, sometimes even racy, presenting them with extreme kindness and grace, in order to shock the viewer or perhaps simply to craft a new and original way of making cinema.

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 "once could have been shocking and banal; today it is only banal"

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 The film is very messy, and it messes me up just talking about it

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 Because here we're talking about levels below zero.

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