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Film 2700: New Hollywood Cinema & Special Interest Films

Film 2700: New Hollywood Cinema & Special Interest Films . OBJECTIVE: By the End of class students should 1) have An understanding of Changes in social climate that led to hollywood’s renaissance 2)Be familiarized with prominent special interest films of the 1970s

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Film 2700: New Hollywood Cinema & Special Interest Films

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  1. Film 2700: New Hollywood Cinema& Special Interest Films OBJECTIVE: By the End of class students should 1) have An understanding of Changes in social climate that led to hollywood’s renaissance 2)Be familiarized with prominent special interest films of the 1970s 3) Know the characteristics of new Hollywood cinema

  2. More Explicit Content Background 1952- Supreme Court Decision Films covered under 1st Amendment 1966- Production Code softened lustful kisses and passionate scenes allowed some films labeled “for mature audiences” 1968 – Ratings System G, M, R, X First X rated film Greetings 1968 Starring DeNiro

  3. Reasons for the Renaissance To Combat TV Influence of European Art Cinema (EAC) Importance of Underground Cinema Rise of the Target Audience movies made to appeal to peoples special interests

  4. Changing Cultural Values Sex, Drugs and Violence in US culture -changing attitudes towards premarital sex 1961- FDA approves first birth control pill 1972-Single women gain legal right to purchase birth control -youth movement protesting war in Vietnam -Social movements -women’s lib -civil rights -Stonewall Riots (gay liberation)

  5. SPECIAL INTEREST FILMS Pornography Blaxploitation Cult Classics

  6. Pornography Behind the Green Door (1972) First hard-core porn film to get a major theatrical release Deep Throat (1972) -contributed to explosion of porn industry -mainstream exhibition “porn chic” -cost $24,000 made over $1 million - lead actress Linda Lovelace paid only $1200 Inside Deep Throat trailer (documentary about the film’s cultural influence)

  7. Blaxploitation Plots generally drew from CHC melodrama or gangster genres Two general categories - Lone male hero at a crisis point. Caught between needs of his community and the temptation to sell out to “The Man.” Superfly (1970) Shaft (1971,MGM studios, Directed by Gordon Parks) -Strong female protagonist seeks revenge. Sets out to destroy white villains who have violated her and her family/community. Pam Grier Foxy Brown trailer 1974

  8. Cult Films Generic characteristics odd, quirky story and characters contains outrageous and often taboo subject matter Garner deeply dedicated “often ironic” fanbase Pink Flamingos (1971, JohnWaters) The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975, Jim Sharman)

  9. New Hollywood Characteristics -Influenced by EAC -Likeable Anti-heroes -Endings often unresolved or unhappy -Reflects the period’s values -Graphic & Cynical look at sex and violence -Mixing of Comic and Serious - Self-conscious cinematic effects - More on location shooting - Very personal cinema (represented realistic feelings) -Cinema of Auteurs

  10. New Hollywood: Significant Films Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn 1967) -Likable Antiheroes -Violence -“They’re young, they’re in love, they kill people” The Graduate (Mike Nichols 1967) Start at 4:05 -Intergenerational Romance -Sex

  11. New Hollywood: Significant Films Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper 1969) -realistic representation of drug use The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah 1969) -excessive violence -blood splatter

  12. New Hollywood: Significant Films The Learning Tree (Gordon Parks 1969) -first African American director of a major feature film for a major US studio Midnight Cowboy -Only X rated film to win an Oscar for Best Picture

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