Youtube’s New Wave

While watching the collective videos of iDubbbz, Filthy Frank and Maxmoefoe, what they immediately reminded me of was New Wave. Specifically, Japanese New Wave and French New Wave. These were separate film movements, that were direct responses to mainstream cinema. They rejected the conventions of classical cinema. They featured taboo subject matters such as sexual violence, youth culture and delinquency. The trio similarly utilizes these themes in their videos, along with depression, self-loathing, misanthropy and many others.