Frances Ha

baumbach cited the mauvais sang sequence when editing the running scene and decided to license modern love for it.

“So when I was looking at it in the editing room – because I've always loved that sequence from Mauvais Sang – I thought I've got to look at getting Modern Love.”

baumbach and gerwig cited truffaut and the french new wave as influences, made clearer by the black and white cinematography and music.

“I love those movies and I've always felt that they have influenced my work. I think with Frances it's just clearer, just because of the subject matter, the fact it's black and white and the music.”

baumbach referenced truffaut specifically, including the use of music by georges delerue from truffaut's films.

“I was thinking of François Truffaut, and Eric Rohmer, particularly.”

gerwig cited annie hall as an inspiration for the film.

“Gerwig cited Joseph Conrad's novella The Shadow-Line and Woody Allen's film Annie Hall (1977) as inspirations for the film.”

baumbach and gerwig watched this film during production.

“Baumbach and Gerwig also have cited the films of the French New Wave and Woody Allen as influences, as well as Something Wild (1986) and Lost in America (1985) which they watched during the production.”

baumbach and gerwig watched this film during production.

“Baumbach and Gerwig also have cited the films of the French New Wave and Woody Allen as influences, as well as Something Wild (1986) and Lost in America (1985) which they watched during the production.”

baumbach shot in black and white to emulate collaborations between allen and cinematographer gordon willis.

“Baumbach filmed Frances Ha with his cinematographer Sam Levy digitally and in black-and-white, the latter to emulate, in part, collaborations by Woody Allen and his cinematographer Gordon Willis, in films like Manhattan (1979).”

the running scene to david bowie's modern love is a remake of a sequence where denis lavant runs through the streets in carax's film.

“'Modern Love' is featured in a scene in Frances Ha that is a remake of a sequence in Leos Carax's Mauvais Sang, where Denis Lavant runs through the streets.”