Exam 2 - Film Movements Flashcards
The New Wave
la nouvelle vague
French movement in two parts: Cahiers (critics turned directors) and Left Bank (directly into filmmaking)
Time: mid-50s to early-60s
Directors: Jean-Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut
Films: The 400 Blows (1959)
Hollywood Renaissance
American reawakening of cinema; 5th era of Hollywood film
Time: 1964 - 1976
Directors: John Cassavetes; Woody Allen; Robert Altman; Francis Ford Coppola; Martin Scorcese; Malick; DePalma
Films: Bonnie & Clyde (1967); Taxi Driver (1976) and MANY others
Themes: Off-beat antiheroes in sterile society; sexual conflicts; psychological problems; Mixing comic & Serious; Seeing director’s hand behind the camera
Independent American Cinema
AKA American Underground, American Avant-Garde, New American Cinema, Experimental American Cinema
Time: 1920s -
Directors: Maya Deren, Marie Menken (Film Poets), Bruce Conner, Kuchar Brothers, Andy Warhol
Films: Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), Go! Go! Go! (1964), Wavelength (1967)
Themes: 4 Genres - The formal, the social-satirical, the sexual, and the reflexive; Experimental
Das neue Kino
The New Cinema
German postwar movement made possible by Film Subsidies Board
Time: Late 60’s - 70’s
Directors: Werner Herzog; Rainer Werner Fassbinder; Wim Wenders
Films: Mother Kuster’s Trip to Heaven (1975); Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1973); Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972); The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
Themes: Conscious debt & homages to American cinema; Debt to native German film tradition (Expressionist masterpieces); Young directors
Australian Film
Gained traction after the Australian Film Development Commission was established & provided govt subsidies to filmmakers (1970)
Time: 1970s
Directors: Gillian Armstrong; Peter Weir; Fred Schepisi; George Miller
Films: Walkabout (1971); My Brilliant Career (1979); Mad Max (1979); The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith (1978)
Themes: Combined local themes with Long and Hollywood; Literary elegance & polished acting; Vitality of American images/Hollywood genres
