Hello, im john lithgow. Welcome to american cinema. What do the directors of star wars and goodfellas have in common . They both went to film school. Yet when the filmmakers of this generation graduated they had no plans to work for the studios. In fact, if hollywood was on their minds at all, it was as an example of what to do differently. The first feature of a filmmaker from usc named george lucas had a title that read like a license plate, thx 1138. A film with striking imagery, it perplexed studio executives. He later made star wars. The first feature of a filmmaker from nyu named Martin Scorsese was picked up by an independent who changed its title and put it in local theatres. It didnt last long. He later made goodfellas. Steven spielberg, francis ford coppola, brian depalma. Though their early work was not mainstream hollywood, their later work would ultimately represent what hollywood did best, with works like e. T. , the godfather, and the untouchables, blockbusters. We are g
Hello, im annette insdorf. Im chair of the Film Division at columbia universitys school of the arts and ill be moderating a discussion on hollywood style and the contemporary American Cinema. Our panel has four outstanding writerdirectors. To my immediate right is Paul Schrader. His credits as writerdirector include american gigolo, cat people, mishima. As a screenwriter for other directors hes responsible for the script of obsession for Brian Depalma Mosquito Coast for peter weir and for Martin Scorsese, taxi driver, raging bull and the last temptation of christ. To his right is Joan Micklin Silver whose credits include hester street between the lines chilly scenes of winter and crossing delancey. To my immediate left is james toback. His credits include the gambler and bugsy, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for screenplay. And in terms of directing his credits include love and money, exposed and the pickup artist. To his left is Whit Stillman whose first feature, me
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With additional funding from these foundations and individuals and by and the annual Financial Support of hello, im john lithgow. Welcome to american cinema. The end of world war ii in 1945 brought an era of homecoming, of rediscovering family, of rebuilding. That year, hollywood premiered the best years of our lives, a story of a returning veteran and his family that won the Academy Award for best picture of the year. But another picture premiered that year that portrayed a different version of america. It was called detour, about a man who wandered from a life of little possibility to one of total doom. The Motion Picture Association First reviewed the picture, they refused to give it a rating. It had broken a rule. The murderer was not brought to justice at the end. Instead, he was left to wander aimlessly on american highways. For such stark stories, these films had their own look. Though they were uniquely american, french film critics came up with the name that stuck film noir, w
Hello, im annette insdorf. Im chair of the Film Division at columbia universitys school of the arts and ill be moderating a discussion on hollywood style and the contemporary American Cinema. Our panel has four outstanding writerdirectors. To my immediate right is Paul Schrader. His credits as writerdirector include american gigolo, cat people, mishima. As a screenwriter for other directors hes responsible for the script of obsession for Brian Depalma Mosquito Coast for peter weir and for Martin Scorsese, taxi driver, raging bull and the last temptation of christ. To his right is Joan Micklin Silver whose credits include hester street between the lines chilly scenes of winter and crossing delancey. To my immediate left is james toback. His credits include the gambler and bugsy, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for screenplay. And in terms of directing his credits include love and money, exposed and the pickup artist. To his left is Whit Stillman whose first feature, me