American New Wave

American New Wave was a period of U.S. filmmaking from the late 1960s through the 1970s, marked by stylistic experimentation and director-centered filmmaking.

New Hollywood: A period of American filmmaking from the late 1960s into the early 1980s, associated with director-led films and industry change. The industry transformation that enabled the movement’s creative departures.
Bonnie and Clyde: Arthur Penn’s 1967 film dramatizes the crime spree of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. Its violence, editing, and antihero focus signaled a break with older Hollywood conventions.
Studio system: The vertically integrated Hollywood arrangement in which major studios controlled film production, distribution, and exhibition. Its decline opened space for new directors and production arrangements.
Arthur Penn: An American film director whose films include Bonnie and Clyde and Little Big Man. Bonnie and Clyde made Penn a central figure in the movement’s early break with convention.
Blockbuster: A film that achieves exceptional commercial success, often through wide release and extensive promotion. Jaws and Star Wars redirected studios toward large-scale commercial releases.
Auteur theory: A critical approach that treats a film director’s recurring style and themes as signs of authorship. The movement’s director-centered reputation draws on this theory.
The Graduate: Mike Nichols’s 1967 film follows a recent college graduate drawn into an affair with an older woman. Its modern soundtrack and alienated protagonist captured a new sensibility.
Paramount Decree: A 1948 U.S. Supreme Court decision that required major film studios to divest their theater chains. The ruling weakened the integrated studio system that had shaped earlier filmmaking.
Francis Ford Coppola: An American film director, screenwriter, and producer whose films include The Godfather and Apocalypse Now. His films joined personal direction with major commercial success.
Jaws: Steven Spielberg’s 1975 thriller follows a New England town threatened by a great white shark. Its release strategy and success helped usher in the blockbuster era.

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