RTF 306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Douglas Sirk, Eastmancolor, Cinemascope
12 Dec 2019
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Is film noir really film noir: ex. The big sleep (1946: major title in this genre , restoration released in 1997. Popular film genres 1952-1967: biblical or historical epics, all star, widescreen, loooooong (3+ hours, ben-hur (1959), cleopatra (1960), the ten commandments (1956), Spartacus (1960: musicals, v famous titles singin" in the rain (1952), the sound of music (1965), my. The work of douglas sirk: written on the wind (1956) Independent, relatively inexpensive productions: made for the most part outside of the traditional studio system, self-financed, tight production schedules (schedules more like b-pictures from the classic studio system) Why care about exploitation: cultural product (vs. aesthetic approaches to art, training ground for young talent of the period including martin scorsese, francis. Ford coppola, jack nicholson, james cameron, jonathan demme. Influences hollywood genres, even today, in terms of genres, styles, marketing, and content.
