115132 Lecture Notes - Roger Corman, Francis Ford Coppola, French New Wave
Document Summary
Context: amongst political and generational strife of the late 1960s and 1970s. Many movemnts of social change were underway during this time, such as: civil rights feminism gay liberation environmental hippie generation. The new hollywood" directors were informed and inspired by european art cinema (especially the french new wave) and american underground film such as kenneth. They explicitly engage with the troubled times and seek out new methods to tell their distinctly american narratives. movie brats. A number of film school educated directors emerged in the early 1970s: Steven spielberg => california state college at long beach. Coppola and scorsese also worked for roger corman, a producer of exploitation films who also distributed european art films. Other new hollywood" directors who worked for corman include; bogandovich, Corman forged a reputation in creative filmmaking on means so minimal it was absurd. He produced/directed; westerns, gangster movies, mythological spectacles, teen films, and sci-fi/horror films.
