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The following American New Wave's films are influenced by French New Wave. One of the characteristics of French New Wave is to reject the traditional narrative of a typical film (we can guess the ending of the film,the narration are almost the same in every commercialized films, only good guys are the main character and etc). This characteristic is shocking when audience found out that the narrative of the whole film is out of the their expectation. The example of  films can be seen throughout the films listed here:

1. Director: Arthur Penn.

Film: Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

The second characteristic in FNW is they portrayed realism in their film as what is seen influenced in this film such as presenting sex and violence in the film. This film is the first New Hollywood film that include the cinematic taboos in the film.

The third characteristic of FNW is their ambiguous ending which ironically Bonnie and Clyde were shot dead violently at the end of the film after helping a driver to change his flat tires.

2. Director: Stanley Kubrick

 Film: A Clockwork Orange (1971)

The fourth characteristics which is the the anti-hero narrative that takes place in this film is the main actor Alex that is interested in classical music and ultra-violence. Throughout the film audience will get to watch him involving in serious crime.

3. Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Film: The Godfather (1972)

Another characteristic of FNW is they shoot on location and not in studio. The examples where you can see from Godfather are the scene in which Don Barzini is assassinated was filmed on the steps of the State Supreme Court building on Foley Square in Manhattan, New York City, The wedding scene at the Corleone family compound was shot at 110 Longfellow Avenue in the Todt Hill section of Staten Island,two churches were used to film the baptism scene. The interior shots were filmed at Old St. Patrick's in New York. the exterior scenes following the baptism were filmed at The Church of St. Joachim and St. Anne in the Pleasant Plains section of Staten Island,the funeral scene was filmed at Calvary Cemetry in Woodside, Queens and etc...