Without it, who knows what would have happened? The industry today, whether it's Hollywood or simply a young freelance videographer, owes a huge debt to the work of Godard, Chabrol, Truffaut, and Rivette. Millions of people have been inspired to make films by these works, and they continue to excite a whole new generation of young filmmakers, despite their timeless aging. And even if contemporary cinema is heading in a new direction, audiences will always have a soft spot for the unadulterated realism, extraordinary improvisation and intellectual storytelling of the new wave style. Hopefully, future filmmakers will still implement the brilliant theories within them