Movies in the 60s

The End of the Hollywood Studio SystemThe Era of Independent, Underground

Cinema

Content

• timeline

The 60s

• decade of – Fun– Fashion– rock 'n' roll– tremendous social changes (e.g. the civil rights era

and marches)– transitional cultural values

Events

• 1962 - Death of Marilyn Monroe• 1962 - First TV broadcasts in color• movie audiences declining due to the

dominance of television• 1963 worst year for US film production in fifty

years

Changes

• New creative trends• Rising importance of the director as a

scriptwriter• Movies dealt with political issues and became

socially critical• Most European movies from France and Italy

Changes

• Suspension of Hays code - restricted the representation of immoral scenes

• Nouvelle Vague – French trend to a new type of unpredictable movies

• Free cinema – English trend of documenta movies

• New Hollywood – US trend of critical of society movies

References

• http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filmgeschichte#Neue_Wellen_.281960er_und_1970er_Jahre.29