Final Flashcards
hollywood renaissance
1964-1976
how did the new america cinema began
regular movies goers stayed at home watching tv
european cinema converted to american producers
underground cinema began growing popularity
film industry pushed its discovery of elitism of new film audience to its limits
genre pictures for special audiences
families films
blaxploitations (african american cast)
sexploitations
cult film
New “Art House” Films
protagonist are social misfits deviates or outlaws
villains are legal, respectable defender of society, cruel
protagonist are compassionate , funny, charming
unhappy or open ending
antiheroes lives validated even if died
violently
cinematic tricks to intensify mood
peter bogdanovich
NYC film buff
works at MOMA film dept
uses the 3 day karloff owed corman from “the terror” for “targets” a big critical hit
Directs three extremely well-made “retro”
genre movies that become audience favorites
dissipates in the 1980s under bloated budgets and poor choices of material
william Friedkin
Action/shock master who brought in big box-office bucks without resorting to fantasy
Friedkin is a “realist” who knows how to put on a good show.
robert altman
made 15 films in the 1970
robert altman
best known for his ensemble cast pictures
works improvisational with actors
towards end of career had difficulty getting pictures made.
robert altman
lost several assignment when he told studio heads he intended to make an altman film rather than a studio film. His movie the Player is a satire of the hollywood system.
stanley kubrick
new yorker
“look” photographer
reclusive self-exiled to london in 1962
unprecedented contract with WB gave him total control
martin Scorsese
film student at NYU
film Buff and Film preservationist
realistic yet operatic style- very italian
violence and male camaraderie prevail
from the “raw” style of “mean streets” to the slick period polish of “the aviator”
Francis (Ford) Coppola
UCLA film student
film buff
makes exploitation films for roger corman
writes important films of the “60”s (Patton)
a shaky start at WB is forgotten after the success of the “The Godfather” films
(The godfather, napoleon, dracula)
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg
The golden Boys and their boys
The summers of “75’s” ( Jaws) and 77’s (star wars) change the course of film history
The apotheosis of the popular film
american films become the global cultural text
woody allen
most like chaplin as observer of contemporary american social scene
known for playing neurotic characters trying to fit in
writes and directs all his movies many times starring as well
mike nichols
greatest satirist of period
noted for working with actors teamed with Elaine May for comedy duo first features )(Who’s afraid of virginia wolf? , the graduate)
most famous film directed
arthur penn
new yorker begins as Tv director theatrical realism actors studio member can be cinematically brilliant as well as obscure and pretentious
national cinemas
1968-present
german film industry
oberhausen manifesto formulated by 26 screenwriters and directors creating “new German Cinema”
Film board and film subsidies set up in 1967
late 1960s and early 1970s three young german filmmakers- werner herzog, rainer werner fassbinder , wim wenders-made their first feature films forming nucleus of most interesting and productive new national movement since the french new wave
tom tykwer
( german) created run lola run
it struck a core with the pubic and was a successful film in germany 1998. it triumphed at the venice film festival ,
what was the band called that tom tykwer created with johnny klimek
pale 3
cuban film industry
castro declared cinema the most important and socially useful of the arts
insituto cubano del Art e Industria Cinematograficos (ICAIC) founded.
Tomas Gutierrez Alea recognized as top cuban filmmakers
Strawberry and chocolate banned in Cuba
russia and the former soviet Union
Under Khrushchev , filmmaking won critical fame at home and abroad
fter khrushchev, filmmaking more restrictive
Sergei Paradjanov and Andrei Tarkovsky most important directors during 1980s and 1990s
1991 soviet union disbanded and films had to become self sustaining
The islamic Republic of Iran
Abbas kiarostami most recognized Iranian filmmakers
1984 iran set goal of production at least 50 superior films that were low budget teach worthwhile lessons and whose artistry would bring international prizes
restrictions on women dress led to movies being shot mainly outdoors
new Iranian films revived neorealism, the fable and children film all at once.
Indias Film Industry
India is worlds top producer of films and exported to more than 100 nations
Indians demand for entertainment leads to formulaic and conventional films, usually love stories with musical numbers
Most films made in Hindi in “bollywood”
heavy government taxes on Indias film industry
Dominated by the star system
Music is supporting star of an Indian film
english language cinema and Australia and new Zealand
Australian films of 1970s defined their identity - british themes of literary elegance and polished acting with american images and genres
Peter Weir and Fred Schepisi contrated Australias European culture with Aboriginal natives
Other Australian directors of note: Baz Luhrmann, Ray Lawrence , Rob Stich and Philip Noyce
New Zealands films industry thrived in 1978 with founding of the New Zealand Film Commission
Roger Donaldson drew attention to New Zealand filmmakers with Lord of the Rings trilogy
Niki Caro and Jane Campion power house women directors
English Language Cinema- Canada
Canada cinema synonyms with the National Film Board of Canada
Known for animated films and documentaries in English or French
Canadian Film Development corporation and new tax laws advanced films made in Canada and with Canadian subjects
english language cinema -wales , Scotland and republic of Ireland
Wales Hedd Wyn is first welsh feature film
scotland has growing film and television industry
The Magdalene Sister, a Scottish and Irish co-production was so controversial it had to be produced outside of ireland
Republic of Ireland is most developed cinema.
Two well known directors Neil Jordan and jim sheridan put the industry on the map
Joyeux Noel
In December 1914 an unofficial chirstmas truce on the western front allows soldiers from opposing sides of the first word war to gain insight into each other ways of life
Writer/Director: Chrisitian Carion
Stars: Diane Kruger, Benno Furmann, Guillaume Canet and Daniel Bruhl
