New Hollywood NOTES

Question 1

Period of American New Wave

Answer 1

Mostly 70s (67-82)

Question 2

Two movies included in New Wave

Answer 2

Bonnie and Clyde, Easy Rider

Question 3

Studio Aueters (Authors)

Answer 3

Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg, etc.

Question 4

Education of Studio Aueters

Answer 4

Film School

Question 5

Realism opened up by ________

Answer 5

MPAA rating system

Question 6

New Wave w/ Emphasis on (setting)

Answer 6

Location and Location shooting

Question 7

Why was location shooting so great?

Answer 7

Sound/vid tech, Cheaper (no need for sets)

Question 8

2 Examples of these sound/vid tech

Answer 8

Radio Mics, steadi-cam

Question 9

THE ANTI HERO

Answer 9

The concept of the ideal male is in flux b/c American ideas are in flux

Question 10

Antihero also

Answer 10

Antiauthority (but not necessary better ideal)

Question 11

Antihero lacks

Answer 11

heroic attributes (courage, nobility, altruism, goodness, etc.) NOT heroic

Question 12

Antiheros are more _____ not necessarily

Answer 12

-relatable/understandable/realistic, not necessarily likeable

Question 13

Noir shows ______

Answer 13

darker nature of mortality

Question 14

Antihero motives

Answer 14

not pure, possibly selfish

Question 15

CHINATOWN dir

Answer 15

Roman Polanski

Question 16

CHINATOWN genre

Answer 16

Neo Noir/Film Noir

Question 17

Themes of Chinatown

Answer 17

Crime corruption, greed, deception, seduction

Question 18

2 classic Noir characters in Chinatown

Answer 18

Antihero/Femme Fatale

Question 19

Chinatown story

Answer 19

rooted in fact: LA’s expansion, need for water

Question 20

Chinatown response

Answer 20

11 Oscar noms + 1 win

Question 21

THE CONVERSATION info

Answer 21

Francis Ford Coppola, made b/w Godfathers

Question 22

Conversation relevant to

Answer 22

Watergate

Question 23

Conversation THEMES

Answer 23

Explores voyeurism & films inherently voyeuristic nature

Question 24

Conversation: Harry Caul

Answer 24

atypical protagonist, Caul unravels under pressure

Question 25

NETWORK premise

Answer 25

absurd premise rooted in fact

Question 26

NETWORK & tv + quote

Answer 26

TV news is pliable medium; edited or manipulated for response. "IF IT BLEEDS IT LEADS"

Question 27

Network prophetic of _______

Answer 27

TV's demise as medium of substance to a money driven enterprise.

Question 28

New Wave aka

Answer 28

New or Post classical Hollywood

Question 29

Themes of New Hollywood

Answer 29

Anti-establishment, counterculture themes

Question 30

Old Hollywood vs. New Hollywood characters

Answer 30

"The Ideal Man" vs "The Antihero"

Question 31

TAXI DRIVER Themes

Answer 31

Political Assassination

Question 32

TAXI DRIVER Travis has

Answer 32

contempt for NY scum/politics expressed through hellish lights

Question 33

Nixon's downfall

Answer 33

nixon brought on his own demise>then US finds out he knew a lot/early