Claude Chabrol, the director and critic who helped found the French New Wave along with François Truffaut and Jean Luc-Godard died Sunday in Paris at 80. Many called him France’s answer to Hitchcock. His films such as The Butcher , Hell , and The Cousins were stylish, suspense films that often explored French class systems and skewered the bourgeoisie. Sad news, but Chabrol had a great run, directing over 60 films in his lifetime right up to last year’s Bellamy with Gerard Depardieu. He even had a late-career surge with recent well-received films like A Girl Cut in Two and The Bridesmaid . [ NYT ]
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French New Wave Pioneer Claude Chabrol Dead at 80
