In what year did the watershed of New Hollywood take place?
"New Hollywood" refers to the period from 1967 to 1976. After experiencing the influence of the rise of Italian neo-realistic films and national films, Hollywood films; After experiencing the impact of the new wave in France, the decline of commercial film production in 1950s and 1960s, and the impact of television on film production, in the second half of 1960s and 1970s, we began to reflect on genre films from form to theme. On the other hand, American social unrest and political crisis; The crisis of the old film system and old ideas became the main background and factor of the film revolution and evolution in this period.
At the end of 1960s, the concept of American filmmakers was changing, and the concept of the audience was also surpassing the realistic mental state. They want to take advantage of "the contradiction between young people and the existing society" and "the crisis of the existing society", as a Hollywood producer said, "revolution is a perfect commodity that is easy to get rid of" They tried to hit the market with a "revolution", just like the Derbyshire capitalists who appeared at that time. Then came Pollack's Jeremiah Johnson (1969), bogdanovich's Paper Moon (1972) and Lucas' Record of American Customs (1973). Knight from the Road became an important watershed in the history of American movies in the 1960s and 1970s, which caused profound changes in American movies and led to a "free" romantic and restless violent mood and style. This somewhat experimental film points out the artistic direction of taxi drivers in 1975.