Research on Social Contexts - New Hollywood

American New Wave

•  A decade under the influence (documentary)
• Raging Bulls (documentary)

Points to get across:

Context/History:

•"Seventies films show a perverse tendency to integrate, in narratively incidental ways, story information and stylistic devices counterproductive to the films’ overt and essential narrative purposes.

•Hollywood filmmakers of the 1970s often situate their film-making practices in between those of classical Hollywood and those of European and Asian art cinema.

•Seventies films prompt spectator responses more uncertain and discomforting than those of more typical Hollywood cinema.

•Seventies narratives place an uncommon emphasis on irresolution, particularly at the moment of climax or in epilogues, when more conventional Hollywood movies busy themselves tying up loose ends.

•Seventies cinema hinders narrative linearity and momentum and scuttles its potential to generate suspense and excitement.”

What is the point of the New Wave?:

• What are the characteristics of the American New Wave (look for this in the films)
• Summerise 

Contextualised References:

 Martin, S. (2013:193) "Began one cold day in New York in February 1957, when a young actor and screenwriter by the name of John Cassavetes started shooting his first feature, Shadows".

Berliner, T. (2010:51-52) Hollywood Incoherent (shortened by ScreenPrism http://screenprism.com/insights/article/the-filmmakers-handbook-what-is-the-new-hollywood-movement) 

Blumenthal, K. (2018) states "For decades, they've been as famous as any pair of outlaws could be. They're the ones who adored fast cars and faster living. The dangerous young couple with undying love for each other". 

Bibliography:

Berliner, T. (2010:51-52) Hollywood Incoherent University of Texas press



Martin, S. (2013:193) New Waves in Cinema. Films the Colours of Blood: The New Hollywood, Kamera Books.