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The 73 pages that link to New Hollywood, each with the reason it gives.

• French New WaveRelated: American filmmakers adapted New Wave editing, location work, and auteur-centered production.

• Independent filmRelated: Its creative shifts overlapped with independent filmmaking and helped change expectations of director control.

• Auteur theoryBroader topic: The theory helped legitimize directors as distinctive creative forces in American cinema.

• Studio systemBroader topic: Its looser production arrangements followed the weakening of classical studio control.

• Martin ScorseseNarrower topic: Scorsese became one of its defining directors and helped establish its lasting reputation.

• Marlon BrandoRelated: Brando’s The Godfather became a landmark of the era’s ambitious studio filmmaking.

• Hays CodeRelated: Its films reflect the freedoms that followed the Code’s replacement.

• Women in filmRelated: Its celebrated creative freedom coexisted with persistent limits on women’s directing opportunities.

• Francis Ford CoppolaNarrower topic: Coppola became one of its leading directors during its rise.

• Hollywood star systemCompared with: Its project-based careers and auteur emphasis differed from the earlier studio-centered star machinery.

• Cult filmRelated: Its artistic freedom produced films that later developed followings outside conventional commercial success.

• Mike NicholsRelated: The Graduate became a defining commercial and stylistic success at the start of this era.

• Gangster filmNarrower topic: Its creative freedoms enabled darker, more complex gangster films such as The Godfather.

• BlaxploitationNarrower topic: The cycle’s rise and decline occurred within this broader transformation of U.S. filmmaking.

• Woody AllenRelated: Allen’s 1970s work developed alongside this era’s greater creative latitude for directors.

• BlockbusterNarrower topic: The blockbuster emerged from this era's shift toward high-profile theatrical releases.

• Hollywood cinemaBroader topic: It emerged as studio control weakened and younger filmmakers gained influence.

• Jack NicholsonNarrower topic: His breakthrough roles helped define the era’s antihero and outsider characters.

• The ConversationNarrower topic: The film’s authorial style and moral ambiguity reflect New Hollywood’s possibilities.

• Art filmCompared with: It brought art-cinema techniques into a major commercial film industry.

• Neo-noirRelated: Its creative freedoms helped establish the conditions for influential neo-noir films.

• New German CinemaCompared with: The parallel movement shared formal risk-taking but arose from a different national history and industry.

• Revisionist WesternRelated: Its creative freedom helped filmmakers make Westerns with darker politics and less conventional heroes.

• Vittorio De SicaRelated: De Sica’s location-based realism formed part of the international film heritage studied by later directors.

• Warren BeattyNarrower topic: Bonnie and Clyde became a landmark of the era, while Beatty embodied its actor-producer independence.

• American independent cinemaRelated: Its creative freedoms overlapped with independent cinema and influenced later filmmakers working outside studios.

• American New WaveRelated: The industry transformation that enabled the movement’s creative departures.

• Dustin HoffmanNarrower topic: Hoffman’s early successes became emblematic of this shift away from traditional leading-man types.

• Paul Thomas AndersonNarrower topic: Anderson’s work draws on a tradition of personal filmmaking that reshaped American cinema.

• Robert AltmanNarrower topic: Altman became one of its most distinctive directors, using creative autonomy and unconventional form.

• Roman PolanskiRelated: Polanski’s American films arrived during this period and helped define its ambitious, director-led cinema.

• Sidney LumetNarrower topic: Lumet’s 1970s films belong to this era’s movement toward socially critical, director-led cinema.

• Pauline KaelRelated: Kael championed many filmmakers whose work defined this period and its emerging audiences.

• The GraduateNarrower topic: The Graduate became a major commercial success during this shift in American cinema.

• The Wild BunchRelated: The film’s stylistic freedom and adult violence place it at the beginning of this era.

• Hollywood's Golden AgeCompared with: It followed the collapse of the old studio order with new forms of authorship.

• CountercultureRelated: Countercultural attitudes found expression in films that challenged studio conventions and social norms.

• Gene HackmanNarrower topic: Hackman’s rise to stardom coincided with this era’s appetite for flawed, psychologically complex protagonists.

• Arthur PennNarrower topic: Penn's Bonnie and Clyde helped establish the era's appetite for personal style and challenging subject matter.

• David CronenbergCompared with: Cronenberg emerged in the same era but built his career chiefly through Canadian production.

• Sam PeckinpahNarrower topic: Peckinpah’s stylistic ambition and clashes with studios place him within this era’s conflicts.

• The French ConnectionNarrower topic: The film exemplifies New Hollywood’s location-based realism and morally unsettled protagonists.

• Australian New WaveRelated: Its international influence offers a useful comparison for the era’s changing film industries and styles.

• Erotic filmRelated: Its changing industry rules made room for more adult themes and sexual content in mainstream films.

• John FrankenheimerRelated: Frankenheimer’s career bridged classical studio filmmaking and the more director-centered era that followed.

• Jonathan DemmeNarrower topic: Demme’s career emerged from the generation and production culture shaped by this period.

• Taxi DriverNarrower topic: Taxi Driver exemplifies the era’s focus on morally unsettled protagonists and personal vision.

• Autobiographical filmRelated: Its emphasis on personal authorship created space for films rooted in directors’ lives.

• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidRelated: Its irreverent style and antihero leads place the film near the transition to New Hollywood.

• Peter BogdanovichNarrower topic: Bogdanovich’s early successes made him one of the era’s prominent young directors.