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Film Journal Writing Prompt #3
For the last few weeks we’ve been talking about the New Hollywood movement, also
known as the American New Wave, and the cultural and societal changes that allowed it
to take place. This period, spanning the mid-to-late 1960s until the late 1970s, saw
possibly the most radical change to mainstream American filmmaking in its history.
There are a great number of films from this movement that are still having a major impact
on today’s cinema and I feel that spending one or two weeks on it and seeing one or two
films from the movement isn’t enough to help you understand it to the fullest. Below is a
list of films from the movement. I want you to pick one that you haven’t seen before,
watch it, and write one and a half to two pages about the film and how it exemplifies the
qualities of this filmmaking movement. The response should also be in 12 pt font, double
spaced, and written like something you’d write for an English class.
Alien
American Graffiti
Annie Hall
Bonnie and Clyde
Carrie
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Deer Hunter
Dog Day Afternoon
The French Connection
The Godfather
Harold and Maude
Jaws
Planet of the Apes
Rosemary’s Baby
The Shining