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Exploring New Hollywood: The Rise of Offbeat Cinema and Antiheroes (1962-1981)

"Easy Riders and Raging Bulls: Movie Brats and New Hollywood" delves into the transformative era of American cinema from 1962 to 1981. This period witnessed the emergence of offbeat antiheroes, challenging societal norms and exploring deep psychological themes with explicit portrayals of sexual conflicts. Filmmakers like Robert Altman, Martin Scorsese, and Francis Ford Coppola redefined storytelling through natural lighting, location shooting, and self-reflexive techniques. While television drove away traditional audiences, a new market craved complex narratives that embraced adult themes beyond the mainstream.

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Exploring New Hollywood: The Rise of Offbeat Cinema and Antiheroes (1962-1981)

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  1. Easy Riders and Raging Bulls: Movie Brats and New Hollywood (1962 – 1981)

  2. Salient Features: • Offbeat antihero protagonist • Sterile society • Explicit treatment of sexual conflicts and psychological problems • Mixing of the comic and serious • Self-conscious use of cinematic effects • Self-reflexive and post-modern bent • Lesser use of background score • Natural lighting • Shooting on location

  3. Reasons why new cinema evolved: • Old patrons stayed home for TV. A new market was identified that wanted adult and mature themes that TV didn’t offer. • World cinema and underground films converted the American producer

  4. American film producers learned to diversify. Not every film is for everyone: • Family musicals • Social issues films • Period films • Midnight films • Exploitation films • Complex retread of genre films

  5. Notable directors: • Robert Altman • Sidney Lumet • Martin Scorsese • Hal Ashby • Francis Ford Coppola • Steven Spielberg • George Lucas

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