history of film part iii 1990 1999

History of Film Part III:The RevengeCurso de Cine

UAQ Rodrigo Ledesma

Villaseñor

The 1990s The Era of Mainstream Films and "Indie" Cinema, the Rise of Computer-Generated Imagery, the Decade of Re-makes, Re-releases, and More Sequels 

In the 1990s for the most part, cinema attendance was up.

the average film budget was almost $53 million by 1998, many films cost over $100 million to produce.

Higher costs for film/celebrity star salaries and agency fees.

 promotional campaigns, expensive price tags for new high-tech and digital special-effects and CGI, formulaic, stale, and over-produced films), scripts created by committee, threats of actor and writer strikes, and big-budget marketing contributed to the inflated, excessive spending (for inferior products) in the Hollywood film industry. True character development, interesting characters, credible plots, and intelligent story-telling often suffered in the process.

Technological advances VHS (1980’s) still popular until 1997

when the DVD is introduced. George Lucas' 

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) included characters that were entirely digitally rendered, such as Jar Jar Binks.

Dreamworks is formed in 1994. Independent filmmaking grows stronger.

(1997 Jerry McGuire)

High-Cost Demanding Stars:

Ex. To promote her film Ghost (1990), Demi Moore (who earned the nickname Gimme Moore) traveled with a bodyguard, masseuse, hair stylist, cosmetician, fashion consultant, and an assistant (who had an assistant).  

Julia Roberts (with a $10 million salary) ordered the studio to have a jet ready in London to fly from Pinewood Studios back to the US for the weekend during the making of Mary Reilly (1996), at a cost of more than $41,000 per month--for approximately three months.

Action Thriller Dominated the 90s Demolition Man Speed Face/off The fugitive Broken Arrow The Crow Batman The Rock Con Air

1990s Stars Tom Cruise Tom Hanks Julia Roberts Robin Williams Sandra Bullock Keanu Reeves Brad Pitt Denzel Washington Jim Carrey

Will Smith Adam Sandler Cameron Diaz Angelina Jolie Daniel Day-Lewis Gary Oldman Steve Buscemi Johnny Depp

Important Filmmakers Martin Scorsese Michael Mann Anthony

Minghella Oliver Stone James Brooks Brain de Palma Quentin

Tarantino Robert

Zemeckis

The Coen Brothers

Tim Burton James Cameron

Most Important films of the decade The Shawshank

Redemption. Pulp fiction Goodfellas Fight Club Reservoir Dogs Silence of the

Lambs Seven

The Matrix The Usual

Suspects Terminator 2 Schindler’s List Saving Private

Ryan Forrest Gump The Big Lebowski The Professional

Source http://www.filmsite.org/90sintro.html