However, the new generation of writers started to contradict this type of filmmaking that they called «Cinéma de papa». They found it was outdated and unimaginative. Jean Luc Godard said “Cinema influences the youth, but it should be the youth influencing cinema.” This describes the purpose of New Wave films very well. 

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Young people were tired of seeing films they did not relate to so they made films for young people and were strongly inspired by the lively Paris culture of the time.  

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These bold writers and later filmmakers would be nicknamed the Young Turks.

This group consisted of François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette, Claude Chabrol, and Eric Rohmer.  They were the major players in this revolution of cinema and they started by putting their innovative ideas in Le Cahier. Eventually, they were creating the blueprint for a brand new philosophy for French cinema. Their new ways of thinking piqued the interest of the young French public and the magazine gained popularity.