Knowra New Hollywood New Hollywood New Hollywood was a period of American filmmaking beginning in the late 1960s, marked by director-led films, formal experimentation, and challenges to classical studio conventions.
Paramount Decree : A 1948 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that forced major film studios to divest their theater chains. The separation of production from exhibition weakened the integrated studio system New Hollywood displaced.
Francis Ford Coppola : An American film director, screenwriter, and producer known for The Godfather films and Apocalypse Now. His studio-backed successes and independent ventures embodied the period’s shifting balance of creative control.
Classical Hollywood cinema : A style of American filmmaking built around clear causality, continuity editing, and goal-driven characters. New Hollywood directors often disrupted the narrative clarity and visual smoothness associated with this tradition.
The Godfather : A 1972 crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, adapted from Mario Puzo’s novel about the Corleone family. Its artistic ambition and enormous commercial success made director-led studio filmmaking appear viable.
Jaws : A 1975 thriller directed by Steven Spielberg about a great white shark threatening a resort town. Its wide release and concentrated advertising helped establish the modern summer blockbuster.
Television : An electronic medium that transmits moving images and sound to receivers, especially for broadcast viewing. Television drew audiences away from movie theaters and pressured studios to seek new kinds of films.
Martin Scorsese : An American film director whose films include Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, and Raging Bull. His New York stories brought subjective style and morally unsettled characters into mainstream American cinema.
Auteur theory : A critical approach that treats a film director as its principal creative author, identifiable through recurring choices. The period elevated directors’ personal visions as a selling point and a claim to authority.
Taxi Driver : A 1976 psychological drama directed by Martin Scorsese about a lonely New York cab driver. Its subjective narration and urban alienation exemplify the period’s darker character studies.
Star Wars : A 1977 science-fiction film written and directed by George Lucas, set in a distant fictional galaxy. Its success shifted studio investment toward franchises, merchandising, and large-scale spectacle.
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