New Hollywood and the French New Wave

Jacklyn 2022-04-22 07:01:26

The French New Wave is in front, New Hollywood in the back. After watching "Bonnie and Clyde," you'll find that New Hollywood films borrowed heavily from some of the exploratory techniques of New Wave Modernist films. For example, he is good at excavating the spiritual world of people, but neglects the weaving of plots that are closely linked from beginning to end, incoherent narrative techniques, a large number of violations of the "three shots" principle, and the use of "jump cuts" in editing to form a new concept of time and space. For example, "Bonnie and Clyde" begins with a close-up of a woman's bright red lips, with a strong sexual atmosphere, the camera is pulled back to reflect Bonnie. Wearing only minimal panties, she paced nervously up and down the room. And Bonnie, who was shot from between the bedside railings, obviously metaphors Bonnie's efforts to rush out because he is bound by the real environment. This shot obviously focuses on people's mental state, showing "anxiety" emotions in the "deep" experience, with a little modernism. In the post-war America, inequalities such as ethnicity, civil rights, and traditional institutions emerged. Many people are unemployed and homeless, people are beginning to become disillusioned with the government, and have doubts about the existing system. At this time, the emergence of New Hollywood broke the shackles of traditional concepts, replaced the pursuit of "dream" in classical Hollywood, and instead described reality with bold creative concepts, vented current dissatisfaction and depression in real life, and became an effective psychological placebo for the audience. . Therefore, the New Hollywood was quickly recognized by the market. To this day, Hollywood's creative approach has not been set in stone. Dare to innovate, adapt to the development of the times, have innovative ideas and represent the mainstream, and use new technologies to create creations that have formed the pattern of American cinema today.

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Bonnie and Clyde quotes

  • Bonnie Parker: [Turned around in the car to face the back seat, to Eugene, loudly and mirthfully] Hey, whaddya do, anyhow?

    Eugene Grizzard: I'm an undertaker.

    Bonnie Parker: [Turning back to the front, to Clyde, quietly and with a deadly look] Get them out of here.

  • Clyde Barrow: [to Texas Ranger Frank Hamer] You know, down in Duncanville last year, poor farmers kept you Iaws away from us with shotguns. You're supposed to be protecting them from us and they're protecting us from you.