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| abstract cinema (Man Ray) |
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| pushing boundaries of "norm" cinema (surrealism) 1920's |
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| American photographer "Return to Reason" |
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| Aesthetic of the horrible "Blood of the Beasts" |
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• Originate from white-telephone melodramas
• Reality, Every Day life after war
• The bicycle thief |
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• Influences: Italian Neorealism and CHC
• Cultural Context: new generation of filmmakers
• Right Bank: Godard (Breathless)
• Left Bank: Alan Resnais (Night and Fog) |
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• Characteristics: revolution, not CHC or EAC
• Key Directors: Solanas, Getino
• Film Examples: Hour of the Furnaces
• LA Rebellion: Third cinema within America (UCLA) |
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• New generation of American filmmakers
• More violence, sex, and moral ambiguity (artistic)
• "Bonnie and Clyde" - "Jaws" |
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• History: Lumiere Brothers "fathers of documentary"
• Key Films: Nanook of the North (Robert Flaherty), Shermans March (McElwee)
• Direct Cinema: "Fly on the wall" approach
• Cinéma Vérité: Gimme shelter |
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| Post-WWII Japanese Cinema |
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• SCAP: supreme commander of allied powers (rebuild Japanese society)
• Popular Genres: Shom in- geki (everyday life, melodrama, stylistic calm)
• Key Directors: Yasujirō Ozu |
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• Popular Genres: Historicals, mythologicals, devotionals, socials
• Post-War Hindi Formula: Romantic main plot, happy ending, 6 songs and 3 dances |
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• Government Support for the Industry: big support, no taxes
• Popular Genres: comedy ranchera (western), melodrama, pachuco musical (mob musical), and cabereta (brothels, sex)
• Characteristics: cheap, quick, formulaic (shift in 1990's to auteur (maria full of grace)) |
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| American Independent Cinema |
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• Characteristics: commitment to stories, financially viable
• Key Films: reservoir dogs,
• Industry Trends: changed to independent because it allowed for maximum net profit. |
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| Hollywood Blockbuster Cinema |
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• Characteristics: large scale, expensive
• Key Films: jaws, star wars
• Industry Trends: staple of American cinema post 80's |
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| White telephone melodrama |
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| Italian Neorealism manifesto: no script, no prof |
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| (Gordon parks, firs studio film of black guy |
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