New Waves
Truffaut, Godard, Antonioni, Fellini, Wajda, Ray, Kurosawa, Bergman. The auteur theory turns directors into superstars; the studio system cracks.
Part of Films
26 moments in this segment.
- — La Dolce Vita. Federico Fellini. Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg in the Trevi Fountain. The film that gave the world the word "paparazzi" (after a character's name) and defined high-Italian glamour for a generation.
- — Breathless. Jean-Luc Godard. Jump cuts, location shooting with a handheld camera, jazz score, a gangster who wishes he were Bogart. The New Wave's manifesto.
- — Psycho. Alfred Hitchcock. Killed the lead character at the 47-minute mark. The shower scene was edited from 78 shots in 45 seconds. Birthed the modern horror film and traumatised an audience that had never seen a shower without Janet Leigh hidden behind it.
- — Psycho Official Trailer 1960 HD. · 00:01:41
- — Lawrence of Arabia. David Lean. Three hours and 38 minutes of desert in 70mm. Peter O'Toole's breakout. Spielberg said it made him want to make movies; so did most of the New Hollywood generation.
- — Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers. · 00:04:45
- — 8½. Federico Fellini. A film director with director's block makes a film about a film director with director's block. The reference text for every artist's creative-crisis film since (All That Jazz, Synecdoche, Pain and Glory).
- — Dr. Strangelove. Stanley Kubrick. The Cuban Missile Crisis reimagined as black comedy. Peter Sellers played three roles. "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here — this is the War Room."
- — Dr. Strangelove (1964) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers. · 00:03:25
- — The Sound of Music. Robert Wise. The Von Trapps singing their way out of the Anschluss. Highest-grossing film of all time when released. Saved 20th Century Fox from Cleopatra-induced bankruptcy.
- — The Sound of Music (1965) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers. · 00:04:10
- — Persona. Ingmar Bergman. An actress goes mute; her nurse takes over the talking. The two faces merge in one of cinema's most analysed compositions. Bergman at his most rigorous.
- — Persona (1966) ORIGINAL TRAILER [FHD]. ] · 00:02:44
- — Bonnie and Clyde. Arthur Penn. Beatty and Dunaway as glamorous bank robbers. The shocking violence and amoral heroes scandalised critics and announced New Hollywood. Pauline Kael's 9,000-word New Yorker rave made her career.
- — Bonnie And Clyde (1967) Official Trailer #1 - Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway Movie. · 00:02:54
- — The Graduate. Mike Nichols. Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft. Simon and Garfunkel score. The first New Hollywood blockbuster; gave a generation its definition of awkward.
- — The Graduate (1967) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers. · 00:03:54
- — 2001: A Space Odyssey. Stanley Kubrick. The match cut from bone to spaceship. HAL's death. The Star Gate. The film that proved special effects could be art. Half of modern science fiction is footnotes to it.
- — 2001: A Space Odyssey - Trailer [1968] HD. · 00:02:30
- — Midnight Cowboy. John Schlesinger. Only X-rated film ever to win Best Picture. Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman as down-and-out hustlers in New York. "I'm walking here!"
- — Midnight Cowboy (1969) | Official Trailer | MGM Studios. · 00:01:59
- — Easy Rider. Dennis Hopper. Made for $360k; grossed $60M. Convinced studios to bet on the film-school generation. Killed off the studio system that had survived Bonnie and Clyde.
- — Easy Rider | Original Trailer [HD] | Coolidge Corner Theatre. · 00:03:05
- — La Dolce Vita Trailer - Starring Anita Ekberg Dir. Federico Fellini. · 00:01:26
- — BREATHLESS - HE Trailer - Directed by Jean-Luc Godard. · 00:01:18
- — 8 1/2 - 35mm Trailer. · 00:01:45
