New Hollywood Reading Questions Flashcards
American films made in the 1970s are often referred to as part of New Hollywood but sometimes referred to as part of another movement known as what?
American New Wave
In what way is the above movement related to the French New Wave movement? Name three members of this movement.
Young film makers started migrating to America, the filmmakers had total control over their material. 3 members of the movement are: Roman Polanski Alan Pakula, Martin Scorsese.
Name at least three influences technological advances had on the realism found in this new generation of Hollywood filmmakers in the 1970s.
Smaller microphone that could be hidden under actors clothes, lighter cameras that didn’t require heavy support gear so sets didn’t have to be built, and simpler post-production systems.
What type of character played the central role is many of the most significant films of the 1970s and what did this character challenge?
An Anti-Hero.
What was the crime central to the Watergate scandal, that would eventually lead to a cover-up and the resignation of an American president?
The crime was breaking into the National Committee Headquarters and about 30 plus the recording of Nixon before he resigned attempting to cover up the Watergate Burglary just a week after it happened.
Chinatown is a modern version of what very American film genre?
Noir or neo noir.
The central conflict of The Conversation’s Harry Caul is that he can no longer separate his job from what? Why?
Harry can no longer separate his work from his conscience.
What is it that everyone is waiting/fearing/hoping that Network’s Howard Beale will do on live television?
Suicide on Live Television.
Travis Bickle, the anti-hero of Taxi Driver, is bent on what particular mission?
Saving Iris, a 12 year old prostiute.
Explain the effect of Scorsese’s slow motion POV shots involving Travis in Taxi Driver.
Scorsese’s slow motion POV with Travis shows a level of heightened observation.
