Hollywood Film Analysis

This essay will take an in-depth look at the history of Hollywood during the late 60s and early 70s. This period of time is considered to have been a renaissance for American cinema, and was titled the ‘New Hollywood’ by cotemporary critics of the time. In order to understand the changes that Hollywood went through the late ‘60s, you first have to examine the preceding era of Hollywood filmmaking during the 30s and 40s. This was a period that is commonly referred to as Hollywood’s Golden Age; when the dream factories were in full swing and the audiences were in regular attendance. This period of time could be defined by a number of social, political or economic contexts, but it’s the filmmaking practices that were employed at the time which
The film, directed by Arthur Penn and produced by Warren Beatty was about the real life depression era bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. The screenplay was written by David Newman and Robert Benton, with additional help from Robert Towne. After Warner watched the film, he proceeded to tell Beatty and Penn how much of a failure it
All of these films shared an underdog mentality, and had to fight to be funded and distributed by the studios. However, with each unexpected success, the studios slowly started to realise that these younger directors were able to create films that resonated massively with modern audiences. As they started to lower their defences, a new generation of filmmakers who wanted to break into Hollywood suddenly found doors being opened to them. A new wave of creativity came crashing into Hollywood, spawning a decade of innovative, challenging and artistic