American new wave research

Films

• Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
• The Graduate (1967)
• Easy Rider (1969)
• Midnight Cowboy (1969)
• Deliverance (1972)
• A Woman Under The Influence (1974)
• Taxi Driver (1976)
• Heaven's Gate (1980)

Mid-to-late 1960s to the early 1980s

A new generation of young filmmakers came to prominence in the United States.
Followed the 'Golden Age' of Hollywood.

"New Hollywood' usually refers to a period of film-making rather than a style of film-making, though it can be referred to as a movement.

Stylistically characterised in that their narrative often strongly deviated from classical norms.

After the demise of the studio system and the rise of television, the artistic quality of films and their commercial success was diminished.

Films made in this period are characterised in that their narrative logic and subject matter were often unconventional.

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