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Rise of Foreign Films
- late 40's&50's= saw rise of appreciation
- many american movies filmed overseas
- 'art houses'
- cannes international film festival |
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- Open City 1945
- The Bicycle Thief 1948
- documentary visual style
- filmed on location
- used natural, available light
- simple stories of personal drama or tragedy
- use of non-professional or lessor-known actors |
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- Jean Cocteau "Beauty and the Beast"
- higly personal, semi-autobiographical stories
- dialogue often improvised
- filmed on location
- freedom of camera movement |
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- Rashomon: the non-linear storytelling
* portrays 4 different perspectives about one event, each time more details are added
- represents the cross cultural influence of foreign films & hollywood |
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- Shane
- Seven Samurai
- Magnificent Seven (American adaption of 7 Samurai) |
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- Paramount Case
- HUAC
- Television |
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- 1948 Anti-trust action against major studios
- ordered to sell of theater holdings
- European import tax on American Films |
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| HUAC- House Un-American Activities Committee |
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- The Hollywood Ten came from the cold war(Soviet Union)
- A competition of whose beliefs were going to be influential
- In the US, fear of communism
- they were investigating who was doing "Un-American" & investigates
- "Are you now or have you ever been a communist?"-failed to answer correctly |
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- not getting worked=suspicion of being a communist
- "Fronting"
*writing a screenplay if blacklisted & having someone else take credit
- Dalton Trumbo
* Roman Holiday (1953)
* The Brave One (1957)
- Michael Wilson
* The Bridge on River Kwai (1957)
* Lawrence of Arabia (1962) |
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| 4 Icons of Post WWII Hollywood |
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- Marlon Brando
* A Street Car named Desire
* poster child-The method
- James Dean
* Rebel without a Cause
* method actor
- Marilyn Monroe
* died of drug overdose
- Sidney Poitier
* 1st successful African American
* won Academy award |
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- development was halted during WWII
- post-war rapid adoption of home receivers
- provided a 'window' to the world |
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| Exploitation & Schlock Movements 1960s |
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- refers to films that 'exploit' particular lurid or gimmicky material
- Roger Corman: King of Exploitation movie
- young-adult culture
* Nudie Cuties: SEX |
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| Cinema of Paranoia/ Politics |
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- trend of political metaphor masked in sci-fi films
- Night of Living Dead
* viewed on the fears of a communist invasion-relating to Zombie attack
* criticism of the state of American civil righst |
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- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
- In the Heat of the Night
- Night of the Living Dead |
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- Lawrence of Arabia
* B: Fave film
- Cleopatra
* 1st actress Elizabeth Taylor to be payed 1mil
* scandal w/co-star
- Doctor Zhivago
* epic film
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
* high point of special effects |
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- The Sound of Music
* repeat business
- Mary Poppins
* huge success |
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| Exploiting the Mainstream: Hitchcock Horror |
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| 1968 MPAA Rating System vs. New |
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- Old
* G
* M
* R
* X-17+
- New
* G
* PG
* PG-13
* R
* NC-17 |
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- Films released after end of code
- broke every code violation
* The Graduate
* Bonnie & Clyde |
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- breakup of studio system 40's
- so many independent production companies in 60's
- was too impossible to enforce
- was abandoned (1966) & replaced (1968) |
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- new approach to American movie-making
* The Graduate
* The Godfather
* Taxi Driver
- characterized by character-driven stories dealing with real-world issues & unresolved or "downer endings" |
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| Early Mid- 70's & Blockbusters |
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- Jaws
- Star Wars
* Significantly altered direction of filmmaking & marketing
* Epic & Escapism was back |
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- Escape to the Past
* Grease
* Star Wars
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- President Ronald Reagan
- came into office facing high inflation
* policy of 'reaganomics'
- ideals of optimism, nostalgia, & reassurance |
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- Back to the Future
- Peggy Sue Got Married
- La Bamba
- Great Balls of Fire
- Dirty Dancing
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
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- Back to the Future
- Terminator
- Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home |
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- Vietnam
- The Cold War
- Feminist Movement
- Teenage Life
- Fathers
- Rejuvenation |
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* Understanding of America's role in Vietnam
- Platoon
- First Blood |
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- Star Trek II
- Red Dawn
- Top Gun |
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Increasing independence of women
- First Blood
- The Terminator
- Die Hard |
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- Sixteen Candles
- The Breakfast Club
- Weird Science
- Pretty in Pink
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- Some Kind of Wonderful |
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- Empire Strikes Back
- E.T.
- Star Trek II & III
- Karate Kid Trilogy
- 3 Men & A Baby
- Field of Dreams
- Indiana & the Last Crusade |
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- E.T.
- Cocoon
- Back to School
- Star Trek II
- Star Trek III |
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- Drugstore Cowboy
- My Own Private Idaho |
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- Do the Right Thing
- Malcolm X
- Jungle Fever |
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- Battleship Potemkin
- music television |
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| Hollywood & Independent, Documentaries CGI |
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- Independence filmmaking style was still continuing underground until Pulp Fiction's huge success=awaken more possibilities
- CGI (Computer Generated Images)
* allowed Blockbuster to reach new levels of imagination & reality |
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| Ron Newcomer's Book Ending |
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1st- George Meille
* magician
last- Lord of the Rings
* special effects |
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Director: Vittorio de Sica
- method acting
- Italian Neo-Realism
- simple stories of personal drama or tragedy |
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Director: Nicholas Ray
- Used Icon actor
- Very personal
- documentary style |
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| - idea that declares the director as the 'author' of a production & certain directors leave a recognizable mark on the films they make |
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Director: George Romero
- exploitation film
- 1st zombie film
- has African American be main lead |
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Director: Arthur Penn
- lots of violence
- glorification of murders/ murderers |
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Director: Dennis Hopper
- editing
- came out after End of Production Code
- broke all violations |
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Director: George Lucas
- 1st blockbuster
- high special effects |
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Director: Quentin Tarantino
- dialogue
- 1st Indie blockbuster |
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