Media, Information and Technoculture 2153A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Studio System, Independent Film, Auteur Theory
29 Oct 2016
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Most films of this era experimental shorts/novelties, varies subjects: would show things that people wouldn(cid:495)t normally see. Early film not just in usa, but thriving in europe (france, germany, russia, etc. : film was spread out and industries were booming. Ww1 leaves europe devastated, allows hollywood to dominate internationally: there still was a demand so the american hollywood swooped in. Most like a standard, fordist assembly line. This is when adorno and h were critiquing. Hollywood studios became vertically integrated (controlled all aspects of production(cid:524), oligopolistic: five (cid:498)majors(cid:499) and (cid:498)little three(cid:499) (cid:498)star(cid:499) system controlled by studios. Hollywood renaissance (1965-1975) industry experimental and unconventional films for segmented audiences. Decline of theatre attendance, rise of tv and counterculture shakes up: around the time of counter cultures (easy rider movie, break up of the ownership, allowing new distribution networks to. Studio system grip weakens, rise of (cid:494)independents(cid:495) leads to flowering of (cid:494)foreign(cid:495) films return to usa directly (art house cinema) and indirectly (film.
