The term New Wave conjures up images of Paris in the early 1960s from the films of French filmmakers Jean-Luc Godard and Fran ois Truffaut. The impact of the French New Wave continues to be felt, and its ethos of shooting in real places with nonprofessional actors and small crews would influence filmmakers as diverse as John Cassavetes, Martin Scorsese, and Lars von Trier's Dogme 95 movement, all of whom sought to challenge the dominance of traditional...