Test 3 Flashcards
Rise of conglomerates lead to…
Final demise of Hollywood studio system
Early 60’s era was…
romantic idealism
Last 3 years of the decade
social revolution took the industry in a new direction (fun fashion, rock ‘n’ roll)
Ticket prices in the 60’s
still under $1.00
Won Oscars in America: “Lawrence of Arabia”, “Oliver!”, “Romeo and Juliet”, “Dr. Zhivago”, “Tom Jones”, “A Man for All Seasons”
British invasion
Studios believed..
only blockbuster spectacle films would bring back audiences from tv
Most expensive movie ever 20th Century FOX
Cleopatra ($44million)
Highest paid movie star
Elizabeth Taylor ($1million)
Stanley Kramer’s “Judgement at Nuremberg” was an example of
Realism
Why were American movies shot overseas
Nonunion labor was cheaper
Business men with no real commitment to movies except profit
New movie mini-moguls
Among first TV directors to turn to film making, movies won 37 Oscar nominations
Sidney Lumet
Acceptance in part of economic and political philosophy of Carl Marx (communism)
Left-wing
Pursued no single genre, theme, style… tended to be pessimistic… “The Birdman of Alcatraz”
John Frankenheimer
First black performer to reach top 10 as box office attraction… offered roles often denied to black actors
Sidney Poitier
First film to break production code taboos “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf”
Mike Nichols
Staging of the action and the way it is photographed
mise en scene
