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New Hollywood (aka American New Wave) is the term for a period in American cinema characterized by artistic, director-driven films, beginning in the late '60s and ending in the early '80s. Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen, George Lucas, Terrance Malick, and a ton of other iconic American directors began their careers during this time period. At the beginning of the period, studios were in a financial slump. Through the use of new funding sources and smaller budgets, creative young directors started making their mark in Hollywood, producing pictures that were under greater creative control of the director than any period before or since. The movement is known for its auteur aspects of filmmaking, for a first-person perspective (not in terms of camera POV, but films centered around an individual and events experienced through the eyes of that individual rather than from a more objective observer), and for a focus on commenting on the present moment. This is a rather simplistic overview; for further reading, start here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hollywood#Characteristics_of_New_Hollywood_films This thread is for discussion of films from that period. Your favorites, overlooked gems, trends of the movement, and even how the era influences films of today. blue squares fucked around with this message at 23:03 on Nov 23, 2016 |
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Mean Streets Director: Martin Scorsese (1973) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBVC6Y2dftU This opening is a great example of some New Hollywood techniques. The editing as Charlie (Harvey Keitel) lowers his head onto the pillow, followed by the music and then the pan to look straight into the lens of a film projector, has an element of reflexivity to it. Mean Streets is a film bursting with energy and youth. The cinematography and editing really define Scorsese's early style. Also, according to my film professor, this was the first time a movie did the now-classic 8mm reel footage of the characters plus popular music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkGDaroLl_M Here's another clip showing a creative camera move that emphasizes that first-person perspective of Mean Streets and other New Hollywood films. We (the audience) are chained to Charlie as he stumbles drunk through the bar. blue squares fucked around with this message at 17:00 on Nov 24, 2016 |
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Nov 23, 2016 22:59
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The 1970s is the best decade for film. Directors made movies driven by passion, and it shows. It's the only period of American film that existed after the end of the Hays Code (i.e. directors could do whatever the hell they wanted) but before the advent of the Hollywood Blockbuster, which saw the end of lower-budget passion projects being profitable.
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Nov 24, 2016 16:57
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A few faves from this period: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPbqV9CgV9s Two Lane Blacktop - 1971 - dir. Monte Hellman - A racing film that moves at an incredibly leisurely pace, a road trip where there's really no destination, and perhaps the best exploration of loneliness I've ever seen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wVhCCo02P4 The King Of Comedy - 1982 - dir. Martin Scorcese - Maybe a bit too late to really fit into New Hollywood, but certainly an expansion of themes Scorcese was working with in Taxi Driver, the way these people sublimate their loneliness into heroic fantasy, into a more comedic sensibility, prefiguring the fine line he walked with The Wolf Of Wall Street. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8ReqVoSZOM Real Life - 1979 - dir. Albert Brooks - Do you like Nathan For You? This is basically doing everything that show does, but 30 years earlier.
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Nov 25, 2016 11:09
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I Before E posted:Real Life - 1979 - dir. Albert Brooks - Do you like Nathan For You? This is basically doing everything that show does, but 30 years earlier. This looks like it could be really funny or the most annoying movie ever made. How's the cinematography?
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Nov 25, 2016 17:42
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The seventies is possibly the best decade for American film, but film in general? No. I'd take the twenties over it.
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Nov 25, 2016 18:52
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7 from the 70s (USA): My list picks from a few of the usual suspects and a few outsiders who were still part of that scene. I think all of the films are part of the wave of 70s films we're talking about though and exist now as time capsules of what was happening in cinema in the USA at that time. The list .. Dog Day Afternoon - I love this film. Pacino and Cazale in top form. It takes place in a limited location (mostly inside or just outside the bank). It has a theme about gender identity that is just part of the story. "Wyoming?" I mean seriously, this scene - holy gently caress: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSc2-J9M8EA Made By Sidney Lumet, who also wrote a book called "Making Movies" that is a great read about this era. Sorcerer - THIS REMAKE IS DESTROYING MY CHILDHOOD! Billy Friedkin knows how to properly remake a movie: get Roy Scheider, get Tangerine Dream to make the soundtrack, and direct the gently caress out of it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BDbIzovuos Friedkin was part of the American wave. Starting as a documentarian and TV guy (working on The Alfred Hitchcock hour no less), he flourished in the 1970s era which embraced his maverick style. The Laughing Policeman - The 70s produced some amazing American crime films. Also, you can't get more 70s than Bruce Dern's moustache in this film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0y_ZLXMbv4 You won't find this film on a typical list of "Easy Riders and Raging Bulls" (another essential book about this period, even if it's not always factually accurate), but it echoes the gritty but still character based style of the era, as well as attitudes about authority. Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia - Sam Peckinpah. Warren Oates. The 1970s wave of films. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4bueotpl8U Peckinpah was one of the mavericks and could be lumped in the "usual suspects" group when discussing the era. He was especially noted for being artful but also not afraid to incorporate casual and brutal violence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnv7tXEBATc (a satire of the era on Peckinpah) Scarecrow - the second Al Pacino film on this list, the first Gene Hackman film. It's a road film, in a 70s style. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTt74j-yjSc Directed by Jerry Schatzberg, who was also noted for Panic In Needle Park, it's a lesser known but I think still essential reflection of the era in tone and style. The Long Goodbye - Altman always killed, but in the 70s he was on fire (see also Nashville). Elliot Gould in the 1970s was the best. Look out for the Schwarzenegger cameo too. This film can also be used as a guide for how to be cool and/or how to deal with naked yoga neighbours I guess. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u0uo0TxS-I Altman is another "usual suspect" from this era. Mr. Majestyk - In the 1970s, you could make a film about a badass melon farmer if you wanted to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTx_jDEnvxs Directed by Richard Fleischer, I include this film because of its tone and the fact that it rode along with the wave of the time. I don't think films about badass melon farmers were made much prior to the 70s or much after either. The thing about the 70s films is that the "big" players really opened the field for a flood of smaller films as well, which is why the whole time period is so often considered the most fertile. You could see huge budget films from Coppola and because of his efforts, also smaller films like this. This list was put together off the top of my head. It appears that I associate the 70s with crime films. I could easily a make another list that isn't reflective of that and probably will. Feel free to mock/support my choices in the meantime. InfiniteZero fucked around with this message at 20:26 on Nov 25, 2016 |
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Nov 25, 2016 20:09
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The peak of Cinema as an art form only came with the advent of CG, so I feel that the 90s are the true golden age of cinema, as the decade saw a gardual transition into more and more sophisticated uses of CG until we finally saw competent-looking features that were entirely CG. Having complete control of every visual and even every frame allowed film to transcend the clumsy pseudo-theater it once was and finally become an unfiltered window into the imagination of the film makers.
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Nov 26, 2016 04:36
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Film as an art form peaked with The Gardener: The Sprinkler Sprinkled (1895, d.p. Louis Lumière). Everything since then has been poo poo.
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Nov 26, 2016 05:03
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In 1975 Al Pacino, nominated for best actor in The Godfather part II, lost out to Art Carney who appeared in Harry & Tonto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPZ87LqYzlM They really liked to do that talking over each other style of acting in the 70s, didn't they?
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Nov 26, 2016 05:53
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Lurdiak posted:The peak of Cinema as an art form only came with the advent of CG, so I feel that the 90s are the true golden age of cinema, as the decade saw a gardual transition into more and more sophisticated uses of CG until we finally saw competent-looking features that were entirely CG. Having complete control of every visual and even every frame allowed film to transcend the clumsy pseudo-theater it once was and finally become an unfiltered window into the imagination of the film makers. Is this an actual opinion you have or is this a quote from something
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Nov 26, 2016 06:03
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InfiniteZero posted:The Laughing Policeman - The 70s produced some amazing American crime films. Also, you can't get more 70s than Bruce Dern's moustache in this film. I just watched this today and thought it sucked and was homophobic as hell
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Nov 26, 2016 07:24
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blue squares posted:This looks like it could be really funny or the most annoying movie ever made. How's the cinematography? It's riffing on PBS's American Family series, which I haven't seen so I can't really speak to how well it copies that style and cinematography, but it reminds me of stuff like Spinal Tap in how it handles mockumentary form.
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Nov 26, 2016 07:58
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Hat Thoughts posted:Is this an actual opinion you have or is this a quote from something Blue squares asked for people to post in his thread and I thought I would help.
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Lurdiak posted:The peak of Cinema as an art form only came with the advent of CG, so I feel that the 90s are the true golden age of cinema, as the decade saw a gardual transition into more and more sophisticated uses of CG until we finally saw competent-looking features that were entirely CG. Having complete control of every visual and even every frame allowed film to transcend the clumsy pseudo-theater it once was and finally become an unfiltered window into the imagination of the film makers. I won't be sold on CG until we have a fully CG version of Harry Dean Stanton that can be placed into films, sometimes playing multiple or all characters. Once we do THAT, I'm all in, so give me about 3 more years. blue squares posted:I just watched this today and thought it sucked and was homophobic as hell Watch the melon farmer one instead then.
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