THTRFLM 2T03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 20: Experimental Film, Auteur Theory, Bernard Herrmann

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Theatre & Film Studies
• Course: THTRFLM 2T03
• Professor: Andrew Mitchell

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Part 5 - a new american cinema, 1960-1976. Chapter 20 : american society underwent a significant. Rather than bonding us together, tv illuminated the issues that separated us: divisions based on race, sex, and age led to open and often violent confrontations. Traditions and authority were questioned in every aspect of american life: commercially oriented hollywood films clearly lie in the realm of the popular arts. Falcon, and the wizard of oz were regarded as classics. New wave cinema: europeans led the way into the new era. In 1959 a new generation of filmmakers burst upon the scene in. A new american era: by 1967, hollywood had absorbed the new wave. The narrative: film stands as a classic model of the exploitation of sex and violence. Marion"s story: division of the 2 plots is reflected in the musical score, each story has its own themes with a few overlapping cues, during norman"s story, reprises of the flight and.