The New Waves

Cinema in the 1960s

1950s

Cinema – a dominant medium of cultural communication.

Major creator (inspiration) of fashions and ideas.

Popular culture and consumer boom in the West.

Political activity of the young – times of rebellion and counterculture

Hitchcock Era

Alfred Hitchcock – one of the most famous directors ever.

Master of suspense

famous for meticulous storyboarding

The advent of colour

slow adaptation of the new technology: coexistence/

1960s – time of revolutions

Consumer society and prosperity in the West.

The Cold War.

Women’s liberation movement and the pill.

The post war generation comes of age. The generation gap.

European cinema

Italy

Germany

Britain

Poland – Wajda, Munk, Kutz, Morgenstern, Kawalerowicz (Zanussi, Kieślowski)

The French New Wave

La Nouvelle Vague

Iconoclastic.

Deeply influenced by film culture – Hollywood and Italian neorealism.

People fascinated by the cinema.

auteur cinema

Representatives

François Truffaut,

Jean-Luc Godard,

Éric Rohmer,

Claude Chabrol,

Jacques Rivette,

Cahiers du cinéma.