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Director: William Wyler 1946
Story: 3 WW2 vets return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed
Why it's important:
1. Post war film widely celebrated in post war era.
2. Casting of actual soldier, a non actor.
3. Shows American values and society of the time.
4. Classic Hollywood style film with several protagonists. |
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Director: Vittorio De Sica 1948
Genre:Italian Neo Realism
Story: A man and his son search for a stolen bicycle vital for his job.
Why it's important:
1. Post war Italian film documenting the difficulties of post war life.
2. Neo Realism style - using available light, documentary style filming
3. Non Hollywood Glitz and galmour, simple shooting style.
4. Actors are all Amateurs. |
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Director: Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 1952
Story: Actor retells his rise to fame and path to love during transition in Hollywood from slient to sound films.
Why it's Important:
1. Among most popular musicals of all time
2. Brilliant color by technicolor - among the first
3. American Film Institute ranked this as the #5 Greatest movie of all time |
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Dir: John Huston 1950
Genre: Film Noir
Story: Group of criminals execute a robbery in a dirty town.
WII: 1. Early role for Marylyn Monroe
2. Classic Noir style from one of the genre best directors.
3. 1st Caper movie w/ team of criminals ala (ocean's 11 and inception). |
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Dir: Nicolas Ray 1955
Genre: Melodrama
Story: Misfit teen runs afoul of gang and falls in love all in 24 hours.
WII:
1. For the first time, we see teen gangs
2. Best of teen rebellion films popular at time which showed restless youth of 50s
3. James Dean's last film. His death makes him a legend and idol.
4. James Dean is a method actor and was a budding star.
5. Nicholas Ray researched LA gangs by riding around with them. Had cast behave like a gang and made them hangout together at bars like gangs |
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Dir: Akira Kurasawa 1950
Genre: Samurai
Story: 3 peasants recount a tale of murder and rape from 4 different perspectives w/ no clear truth provided.
WII:
1. Best foreign film Oscar was created for this film - introduced the West to Japanese film making.
2. Unique episodic story structure that presents varied perspectives.
3. Brilliant thinking mans film from one of world's most important directors. |
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Dir: Billy Wilder 1959
Story : Two musicians hide from gangsters disguised as women in a traveling band
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1. One of Marylyn's last films - features one of her best performances/songs.
2. Considered one of Americans best comedies.
3. Gender bending sillyness reflected changing gender roles in society. |
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Dir: Alfred Hitchcock 1960
Genre: Suspense/Horror
Story: A female thief escapes her crime at a mysterious hotel where...
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1. Grandaddy of horror genre. Showed that unhappy endings and dark violence would sell tickets.
2. Challenged production code - pushed limits of violence and sex
3. B/W, lower budget TV style production - last B/W he made
4. First bra in American movie, first toilet
5. Tremendous promotional campaign which didn't allow people into movie late.
6. Protagonist dies in the middle of the film leaving you with no one to root for.
7. Opens w/ a display of infidelity. |
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1. Became military and economic superpower creating permanent war economy
2. Gave unprecedented power to military industrial comple |
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| WW2 effects on film industry |
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| Created a greater desire for realism, Drew European Filmmakers to Hollywood, Film Noir Genre |
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| Simple lighting and camera setups, filmed on location, theme of working class struggle. |
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| Greatest attendance in Hollywood history |
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1945-1947 NYC B/W and live
Had a horribly effect on film. Hollywood attendance decreases slowly from 1946 on. |
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| Hollywood's reaction to TV |
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| Mocks tv, widescreen gimmicks, drive-in, bigbudget epics, pushlimits of the production code, eventually resort to appealing to teens, Generation gap |
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1958 - 1966
Executives too old, tv stealing business, big budget epics, and hollywood floundering |
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| Brief appearance by director or star-sometimes as themselves |
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| When an artist pays tribute to the work of another artist by using some or all of their ideas in their own work. Sometimes copying a particular scene or device |
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| The use of images to represent a larger meaning |
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| Each scene of the film is drawn out in comic-like fashion so the director can communicate his ideas to the cast and crew. |
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| Baby boom kids are growing up on TV. |
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| Fashion, Cars, Gangs, Fads (hoolahoops and Gumby), Technology (TV), Boredom, Rebellion (smoking), Escapism (Through movies alcohol and sex), Values, Music |
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| Rock and Roll attractive to youth, helped blend races together. |
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| Investigating Hollywood for communist influence, Blacklisting. |
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| Americans begin to spend alot of money after WW2; first time kids own cars. |
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| Created to turn Americans against communism. |
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| Depicts working class struggles |
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| Major turning point, end of the innocence of the 1950's |
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| Characteristics of late 50's |
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| Economic prosperity, consumerism, Cars, suburbs, alcohol and cigarettes. |
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| Big budget epics (many unsuccessful), More color films, erosion of production code, Musicals (sound of music, Mary Poppins, West Side Story), Movie attendance down through early 60's. |
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In charge of production and artistic vision of film.
Casting, Directs actors, costume set lighting, blocking, camera positioning |
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Responsible for entire film from start to finish.
Financing, Organization, Legalities, Casting, Hires crew |
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Photographs film, Head Technician.
Eyes behind camera, lighting, camera movements, tech supervisor, head of crew (tells techs what to do). |
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| Linear film, Single protagonist, Happy Ending, perfect lighting and sound, Invisible technical components (sound booms and mics unseen). |
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| McCarthy attacked Democrats of Truman administration as being soft on communism; Dwight Eisenhower won the presidency because of this. |
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| Hollywood crime dramas, seedy settings |
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