Film School Generation

The Classical Hollywood lost its reign in the early 1960's because of the advent of television and the Americans wanted a new treatment to films. And that's when the young directors of the generation found its way into the mainstream film industry. 

Our professor raised the question that we needed to answer at the end of the documentary. Who are the directors that pleases the audience? Who are the directors that pleases himself?

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From what I have watched only Brian de Palma and Steven Spielberg really cared about their audiences and most of the directors of the generation really wanted to showcase what they want and apparently it is also the wants of the movie-goers at that time. Sex, drugs and all of the taboos of that generation, were evident to the movies that they did in the early 60's up to when they started to go back to the studios which is the early to late 70's.

The reign of these filmmakers came to an end when they started to produced movies that are high cost. And they don't have the money to produce such movies so they went back to the studios and somehow the studios have the capability to control the directors again. 

The film school generation directors also were the first to have blockbuster movies, Jaws, Star Wars are a sample of blockbuster movies. 

At the end of the documentary, they showed the directors who are still in the movie industry and sadly only few of them lasted. 

-KC