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New Hollywood NOTES Flashcards

1
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Period of American New Wave

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Mostly 70s (67-82)

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Two movies included in New Wave

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Bonnie and Clyde, Easy Rider

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Studio Aueters (Authors)

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Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg, etc.

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4
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Education of Studio Aueters

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Film School

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5
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Realism opened up by ________

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MPAA rating system

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New Wave w/ Emphasis on (setting)

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Location and Location shooting

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Why was location shooting so great?

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

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2 Examples of these sound/vid tech

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Radio Mics, steadi-cam

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THE ANTI HERO

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

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Antihero also

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Antiauthority (but not necessary better ideal)

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Antihero lacks

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

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12
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Antiheros are more _____ not necessarily

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-relatable/understandable/realistic, not necessarily likeable

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13
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Noir shows ______

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darker nature of mortality

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14
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Antihero motives

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not pure, possibly selfish

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15
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CHINATOWN dir

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Roman Polanski

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CHINATOWN genre

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Neo Noir/Film Noir

17
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Themes of Chinatown

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Crime corruption, greed, deception, seduction

18
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2 classic Noir characters in Chinatown

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Antihero/Femme Fatale

19
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Chinatown story

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

20
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Chinatown response

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11 Oscar noms + 1 win

21
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THE CONVERSATION info

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Francis Ford Coppola, made b/w Godfathers

22
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Conversation relevant to

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Watergate

23
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Conversation THEMES

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Explores voyeurism & films inherently voyeuristic nature

24
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Conversation: Harry Caul

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atypical protagonist, Caul unravels under pressure

25
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NETWORK premise

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absurd premise rooted in fact

26
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NETWORK & tv + quote

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

27
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Network prophetic of _______

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

28
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New Wave aka

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New or Post classical Hollywood

29
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Themes of New Hollywood

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Anti-establishment, counterculture themes

30
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Old Hollywood vs. New Hollywood characters

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“The Ideal Man” vs “The Antihero”

31
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TAXI DRIVER Themes

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Political Assassination

32
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TAXI DRIVER Travis has

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contempt for NY scum/politics expressed through hellish lights

33
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Nixon’s downfall

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

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