Richard Linklater's ode to the French New Wave is a movie deliriously in love with movies -- at least, the ultra-pretentious, self-serious sort that insists upon being called "cinema."
"(They also copped a lot more from the Italian Neorealists than anyone cares to admit.)" There is a scene in the film in which Roberto Rossellini visits the Cahiers du Cinema offices, and is intro'd as the father of the New Wave by, I think, Godard in that scene. So it's not exactly some secret. Maybe it's not common knowledge or more openly talked about in circles but it's not taboo or an embarrassement to point it out.
"(They also copped a lot more from the Italian Neorealists than anyone cares to admit.)" There is a scene in the film in which Roberto Rossellini visits the Cahiers du Cinema offices, and is intro'd as the father of the New Wave by, I think, Godard in that scene. So it's not exactly some secret. Maybe it's not common knowledge or more openly talked about in circles but it's not taboo or an embarrassement to point it out.