ARTS1062 Hollywood Film: Industry, Technology, Aesthetics
Assessment task 3: Research report
Length: 1500 words (not including bibliography and appendices)
Due: 5pm Sunday 23 November
Submission: Turnitin
Assessment 3 is worth 60% of your final grade
8. The Hollywood Renaissance
Filmmakers like Martin Scorsese, Arthur Penn, Sidney Lumet, and Francis Ford
Coppola, amongst others have been associated with the Hollywood Renaissance
and what is sometimes called a “post classical’ style.”
Locate key studies of the Hollywood Renaissance and outline/discuss how it has been variously defined and the industrial and social contexts in which the Hollywood Renaissance emerged Through an analysis of Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967), identify some of the stylistic and narrative differences and similarities between the style of this film (from the Hollywood Renaissance) and classical Hollywood films (from the studio era of 1920s-1950s) and analyse two aspects of Bonnie and Clyde (story, editing, casting, style, promotion etc) that you regard as most
significant for its standing as a Hollywood Renaissance film
Solution
The Hollywood Renaissance, emerging in the late 1960s and continuing into the early 1970s, marked one of the most transformative periods in the history of American cinema. Often described as a creative “rebirth,” this movement signalled a shift away from the tightly controlled studio-era model toward a more flexible mode of production that offered filmmakers greater artistic autonomy. Arising amid political, industrial, and cultural upheaval, the Renaissance was shaped by declining studio revenues, demographic changes in audiences, and the collapse of long-standing content restrictions. As major studios struggled to maintain their authority, a new generation of film-school-trained directors gained unprecedented opportunities to experiment with style, narrative, and subject matter, pushing Hollywood in bold and innovative directions.
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