New Hollywood
From the mid 1960s to the early 1980s. It is sometimes also referred to as the American New Wave or the Hollywood Renaissance. Films that kick started New Hollywood is; The Graduate (1967), Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and Easy Rider (1969).
Key Directors:
- Martin Scorsese
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Robert Altman
- Sam Peckinpah
- Steven Spielberg
- Arthur Penn
- Dennis Hopper
Francis Ford Coppola
He is an American film director, producer and screenwriter and was a central figure in the New Hollywood filmmaking movement. Francis studied theatre and graduated from Hofstra University in New York, then moved to California to attend the prestigious film program at UCLA where he learned from many great instructors. He later on gained international critical attention for his screenwriting talents, earning an Academy Award for 1970's Patton.
His Auteur Signature
Narrative:
- Anti-heroes, outsiders, cold professional men
- Epic narratives
- The 'American Dream' and Family
- Films about men. Women are side-lined
- The search for the possibility of hope, for escape
- The innocence of childhood
Visual:
- Spectacle and Lavish production design
- Long Tracking shots
- Chiaroscuro Lighting
- Focus on score and imaginative sound effects - Apocalypse Now
- Eisensteinian Montages
- Ironic Parallel Montage
- Mixture of elaborately designed and planned set pieces with handheld improvisation
Key Films:
- The Rain People (1969)
- The Godfather (1972)
- The Godfather Part II (1974)
- The Conversation (1974)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- Rumble Fish (1983)
The Vietnam War
Between the 1 Nov 1955 – 30 Apr 1975, located in the North and South of Vietnam. The United States were an ally, although they got involved in 1954 and during the war more than 58,000 Americans were killed. Opposition to the war in the United States bitterly divided Americans, even after the President Richard Nixon ordered the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973.
Films inspired by the Vietnam War:
- Platoon (1986)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- The Deer Hunter (1978)
- Full Metal Jacket (1987)
- Good morning, Vietnam (1987)
- Born of the Fourth of July (1989)
- Hamburger Hill (1987)
- We Were Soldiers (2002)
- Rescue Dawn (2006)
- Casualties of War (1989)
From the mid 1960s to the early 1980s. It is sometimes also referred to as the American New Wave or the Hollywood Renaissance. Films that kick started New Hollywood is; The Graduate (1967), Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and Easy Rider (1969).
Key Directors:
- Martin Scorsese
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Robert Altman
- Sam Peckinpah
- Steven Spielberg
- Arthur Penn
- Dennis Hopper
Francis Ford Coppola
He is an American film director, producer and screenwriter and was a central figure in the New Hollywood filmmaking movement. Francis studied theatre and graduated from Hofstra University in New York, then moved to California to attend the prestigious film program at UCLA where he learned from many great instructors. He later on gained international critical attention for his screenwriting talents, earning an Academy Award for 1970's Patton.
His Auteur Signature
Narrative:
- Anti-heroes, outsiders, cold professional men
- Epic narratives
- The 'American Dream' and Family
- Films about men. Women are side-lined
- The search for the possibility of hope, for escape
- The innocence of childhood
Visual:
- Spectacle and Lavish production design
- Long Tracking shots
- Chiaroscuro Lighting
- Focus on score and imaginative sound effects - Apocalypse Now
- Eisensteinian Montages
- Ironic Parallel Montage
- Mixture of elaborately designed and planned set pieces with handheld improvisation
Key Films:
- The Rain People (1969)
- The Godfather (1972)
- The Godfather Part II (1974)
- The Conversation (1974)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- Rumble Fish (1983)
The Vietnam War
Between the 1 Nov 1955 – 30 Apr 1975, located in the North and South of Vietnam. The United States were an ally, although they got involved in 1954 and during the war more than 58,000 Americans were killed. Opposition to the war in the United States bitterly divided Americans, even after the President Richard Nixon ordered the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973.
Films inspired by the Vietnam War:
- Platoon (1986)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- The Deer Hunter (1978)
- Full Metal Jacket (1987)
- Good morning, Vietnam (1987)
- Born of the Fourth of July (1989)
- Hamburger Hill (1987)
- We Were Soldiers (2002)
- Rescue Dawn (2006)
- Casualties of War (1989)
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