CTCS 200g Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: New German Cinema, Oberhausen Manifesto, French New Wave
15 Mar 2018
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Don"t look now some critics attacked the lm for being empty : yes it was unsung art lm quality of ambiguity but seemed to add up to nothing. Post ww2 germany (before nazi lms had used industry as propaganda medium) Us occupation of germany split up nazi controlled lm industry in name of diversity. Berlin film festival (effort being made to help germany bring back a democracy) 1950"s german lms: safe serene, escapist somewhat up and running. Given trauma of recent past, its not surprising they are taking this more cautious route. German lm industry 1960s: tv undercuts market in 1960s. Young german filmmakers protest the film industry generation born after the war , inspired also by youth movements around the world in 1960s. In uences: italian neorealism, french new wave coming of age at time when their own lm industry is collapsing and these in uencing lms are reaching their country.
