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Film Studies 3

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF FILM

The Age of the Independent and the Blockbuster 1970-Present

A MEDIUM DIVIDED

Blockbusters/ Action

The French Connection (1971)

The Poseidon Adventure (1972)


The Godfather (1972) The Exorcist (1975) Jaws (1975)

Star Wars (1977)


Apocalypse Now (1979) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) E.T. (1982)

First Blood (1982)


Beverly Hills Cop (1984) Back to the Future (1985)

INDEPENDENT MINDS
Taxi Driver (1976) Rocky (1976) Annie Hall (1977) Ordinary People (1980) The Shining (1980) Tootsie (1982)

Teen Movies

National Lampoons Animal House (1978) Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) Revenge of the Nerds (1984) Sixteen Candles (1984) The Karate Kid (1984) The Breakfast Club (1985) Real Genius (1985) Weird Science (1985) Ferris Buellers Day Off (1986) Pretty in Pink (1986) Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) Heathers (1989)

THE 1990S

The Disney Renaissance


The Little Mermaid (1989) Beauty and the Beast (1991) (first animated film nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars) Aladdin (1992) The Lion King (1994) Pocahontas (1995) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) Mulan (1998)

Home Video
Viewing films multiple times Owning movies

Movie Stars

Julia Roberts Tom Hanks Tom Cruise Will Smith Arnold Swarzenegger Bruce Willis Mel Gibson Jodie Foster

Independent Film Studios


Miramax (11 year streak of Best Picture nominees)

Reservoir Dogs (1992) The Crying Game (1992) The Piano (1993) Pulp Fiction (1994) Scream (1996) Scary Movie (2000)

Dimension Films

1990S-NOW: SPECIAL EFFECTS


Jurassic Park (1993) Forrest Gump (1994) Twister (1996) Titanic (1997) Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace (1999)

2000S: SPECIAL EFFECTS IMPROVE AND GROW, SEQUELS ABOUND


The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-2003) The Pirates of the Caribbean tetralogy (2003-?) The X-Men heptalogy (2000-?) The Dark Knight trilogy (2005-2012) The Fast and the Furious heptalogy (2001-?)

And many, many more

2000S & 2010S: UNIQUE AUTEURS

Quentin Tarantino

Bloody, B-movie inspired with big celebrities


Kill Bill Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 (2003 & 2004) Inglourious Bastards (2009) Django Unchained (2012)

Wes Anderson

Hipster cool films that worship the 1960s


Rushmore (1998) The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

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