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Hello everyone, today I’d like to tell you sth about Hollywood movie.There are three main aspects to this topic.History.In this part,I will tell you sth about Hollywood and the development of hollywood movie.Now,Let’s start .Hollywood ,in its original meaning is a geogarphical name, which located in the northwest of Downtown LA(Los Angeles),As the center of the United States’film industy,Hollywood attracted all the young men and women to try their luck there.The famous Hollywood sign on the hills above the city is more than just nine white letters spelling out a city’s name,it has become the enduring symbol of the movie industry and of Los Angeles itself –the 50ft-high (15m) white letters can be seen from miles away. As one of the world's most evocative(唤起)symbols –a universal metaphor(隐喻)for ambition, success, glamour and money…for this dazzling(耀眼的)place, we call HOLLYWOOD the Dream place.Sleepless HollywoodThe historic heart of the movie industry is centered on Hollywood Boulevard(林荫大道)where millions of visitors flock to see landmark attractions .Universal studiosWalk of FameHollywood walk of fame is at boulevard and vie street.which was created in 1958 .Nearly 2300 superstars hava left hand imprint ,signature(签名)on it and the number is imcreasing with one ot two per month.Here every star expresses respect for artists who hava made great contribution to movies,radio,television,drama and recording industry.Mann’s Chinese TheaterChinese Theatre was established in May, 1927.,which located in hollywood boulevard ,attracting travellers all over the world to see the footprint of the stars.Here is the premiere (电影首映式)venue for many legendary films. Since 1980, a saying has been circulated among the movie people. It’s a pity that you don’t go to Chinese Theatre when you arrive in Los Angeles. It seems that you go to China but do not visit the Great Wall. Chinese Theatre has become the beginning of the awareness of the Hollywood movies.Kodak TheaterKodak Theatre is the venue of the presentation ceremony of Academy Award. It can accommodate 3400 spectators and has one of the largest stages in America. On February 26, 2012, Kodak Theatre was renamed Hollywood and Highland Center. Sunset BoulevardSunset blvd is a commercial street,it is located in the west hollywood.you can see fishionable clothing stores,restaurants and cafes everywhere.And in the evening,here’s another scene.various nightclub,discos attracted hordes of young people.Hollywood BowlThe brith of movieWhen world first films were screened on December 28, 1895 in Paris, the Lumierebrothers became the "father of the movie”.Their representative works are 工厂大门and 火车到站。

电影历史英文版

电影历史英文版
The history of film
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1896-1912 year, the film quickly from childhood to become an art and 1913-1926 silent film to mature: In the stage of silent films, for the movie made great contributions to the development of Griffith in 1915 with the courage of the artist taken from the world history of the classic silent film "the birth of a nation", in 1916 also shot" intolerance". These two known as the typical base of the film art, the art of starting marks the film, a milestone in the history of American film, is the highest realm of the movie level, but also the history of world film's two classics.

好莱坞电影发展史及美国电影概述(课堂PPT)

好莱坞电影发展史及美国电影概述(课堂PPT)
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The First Golden Period of Hollywood 1930s to 1950s
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New Hollywood 1970s to 1980s
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New Hollywood
In the 1960s, the United States had a serious social crisis, The old movie production system has been shaken for half a century, There have been many new movies.
1911, a group of film workers from New Jersey created Hollywood's first film studio, Nestor Films. In the same year, 15 other studios have settled here.
1913, Daimler completed the first film "Indian Woman's White Husband" filmed in Hollywood.
1923, the white character HOLLYWOOD, one of Hollywood symbols, was erected on the hillside behind Hollywood.
Vin Diesel 范·迪塞尔
Leonardo DiCaprio 莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥
James Cameron 詹姆斯·卡梅隆
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好莱坞100年100部经典电影

好莱坞100年100部经典电影

好莱坞100年100部经典电影好莱坞100年100部经典电影悬赏分:20 - 解决时间:2006-7-19 09:01提问者: 520huangxiang - 童生一级最佳答案电影历史票房前200位(全球) (都是大片,BT下载都有DVD 的,希望喜欢)1 Titanic 1997 泰坦尼克 $1,835.4 m2 Harry Potter 2001 哈里波特 $935.8 m3 Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 1999 星战前转I $925.5 m4 Jurassic Park 1993 侏罗纪公园 $920.1 m5 Independence Day 1996 独立日 $811.2 m6 Star Wars 1977 星球大战 $798.0 m7 The Lion King 1994 狮子王 $771.9 m8 Fellowship of the Ring 2001 指环王 $728.8 m9 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 E.T外星人 $704.8 m10 Forrest Gump 1994 阿甘正传 $679.7 m11 The Sixth Sense 1999 第六感 $661.5 m12 The Lost World: Jurassic Park 失落的世界 1997 $614.4 m13 Men In Black 1997 黑衣人 $587.2 m14 Return of the Jedi 1983 武士复仇 $572.9 m15 Armageddon 1998 世界末日 $554.6 m16 Mission: Impossible II 2000 碟中谍II $545.4 m17 The Empire Strikes Back 1980 帝国反击战 $533.9 m18 Home Alone 1990 小鬼当家 $533.7 m19 Ghost 1990 人鬼情未了 $517.6 m20 Terminator 2: Judgement Day 1991 终结者II $516.8 m21 Aladdin 1992 阿拉丁 $502.4 m22 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 圣战奇兵$494.8 m23 Twister 1996 龙卷风 $494.7 m24 Toy Story 2 1999 玩具总动员II $485.7 m25 Shrek 2001 史瑞克 $481.5 m26 Saving Private Ryan 1998 拯救大兵雷恩 $479.3 m27 Jaws 1975 大白鲨 $470.6 m28 Mission: Impossible 1996 碟中谍 $467.0 m29 Pretty Woman 1990 漂亮女人 $463.4 m30 The Matrix 1999 黑客帝国 $456.5 m31 Gladiator 2000 角斗士 $456.2 m32 Pearl Harbor 2001 珍珠港 $450.5 m33 Tarzan 1999 泰山 $435.3 m34 The Mummy Returns 2001 木乃伊回归 $430.0 m35 Cast Away 2000 荒岛余生 $424.3 m36 Dances With Wolves 1990 与狼共舞 $424.2 m37 Mrs. Doubtfire 1993 窈窕奶爸 $423.2 m38 The Mummy 1999 木乃伊 $413.3 m39 Batman 1989 蝙蝠侠 $413.2 m40 Rain Man 1988 雨人 $412.8 m41 The Bodyguard 1992 保镖 $410.9 m42 Gone With the Wind 1939 乱世佳人 $390.6 m43 Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves 1991 罗宾汉 $390.5 m44 Grease 1978 油脂 $386.5 m45 Monsters Inc. 2001 怪物公司 $384.1 m46 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 夺宝奇兵 $383.9 m47 Godzilla 1998 格斯拉 $376.0 m48 What Women Want 2000 女人百分百 $372.3 m49 Beauty and the Beast 1991 美女与野兽 $371.3 m50 The Fugitve 1993 亡命天涯 $368.9 m51 True Lies 1994 真实的谎言 $365.3 m52 Die Hard: With a Vengeance 虎胆龙威III 1995 $365.0 m53 Ocean[*]s Eleven 11罗汉 2001 $364.8 m54 Jurassic Park III 2001 侏罗纪公园III $364.2 m55 Notting Hill 诺丁山 1999 $363.1 m56 There[*]s Something About Mary 1998 哈啦玛丽 $360.1 m57 The Exorcist 1973 驱魔人 $359.9 m58 Planet of the Apes 2001 人猿猩球 $358.9 m59 Toy Story 1995 玩具总动员 $358.8 m60 The Flintstones 1994 新聪明笨伯 $358.5 m61 A Bug[*]s Life 1998 虫虫总动员 $358.0 m62 Basic Instinct 1992 本能 $352.7 m63 The World is Not Enough 1999 黑日危机 $352.0 m64 Goldeneye 1995 黄金眼 $351.5 m65 Back to the Future 1985 回到未来 $350.6 m66 Seven 1995 七宗罪 $350.1 m67 Hannibal 2001 汉你伯 $350.1 m68 Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 谁陷害了兔子罗杰$349.2 m69 Deep Impact 1998 天地大冲撞 $348.8 m70 American Beauty 1999 美国美人 $348.1 m71 Dinosaur 2000 恐龙 $347.8 m72 Pocahontas 1995 风中奇缘 $347.2 m73 Tomorrow Never Dies 1997 明日帝国 $346.6 m74 Top Gun 1986 壮志凌云 $344.8 m75 The Grinch 2000 圣诞怪杰 $340.4 m76 Batman Forever 1995 蝙蝠侠不败之谜 $335.0 m77 Apollo 13 1995 阿波罗13号 $334.1 m78 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 第三类接触 $337.7 m79 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984 魔域奇兵 $333.1 m80 Back to the Future Part II 1989 回到未来II $332.0 m81 The Rock 1996 石破天惊 $330.5 m82 Rush Hour 2 2001 尖峰时刻II $329.1 m83 [*]Crocodile[*] Dundee 1986 鳄鱼邓迪 $328.2 m84 The Perfect Storm 2000 完美风暴 $325.8 m85 The Huchback of Notre Dame 1996 $325.7 m86 Schindler[*]s List 1993 辛德勒的名单 $321.2 m87 The Mask 1994 变相怪杰 $320.9 m88 Fatal Attraction 1987 致命吸引力 $320.1 m89 Lethal Weapon 3 1992 致命武器III $319.7 m90 Beverly Hills Cop 1984 妙探出更 $316.4 m91 Air Force One 1997 空军一号 $315.1 m92 As Good As It Gets 1997 猫屎先生 $313.4 m93 Austin Powers 2 1999 王牌大贱谍 $310.3 m94 Ransom 1996 赎金风暴 $308.8 m95 Runaway Bride 1999 落跑新娘 $307.9 m96 Liar Liar 1997 大话王 $306.4 m97 101 Dalmatians 1996 101斑点狗 $304.9 m98 Mulan 1998 花木兰 $303.6 m99 Hook 1991 铁钩船长 $300.9 m100 Rocky IV 1985 洛奇IV $300.5 m101 Rambo: First Blood Part II 1985 第一滴血 $300.4 m 102 Superman 1978 超人 $300.2 m103 Beverly Hills Cop II 1987 妙探出更II $300.0 m 104 Stuart Little 1999 精灵鼠小弟 $297.6 m105 Look Who[*]s Talking 1989 飞跃童真 $297.1 m106 Meet the Parents 2000 非常女婿 $295.5 m107 X-Men 2000 x战警 $294.3 m108 Doctor Dolittle 1998 怪医杜立德 $293.4 m109 Ghostbusters 1984 捉鬼敢死队 $291.6 m110 Shakespeare in Love 1998 莎翁情史 $289.1 m111 Coming to America 1988 美国之旅 $288.8 m112 My Best Friend[*]s Wedding 1997 好朋友的婚礼$286.9 m113 Saturday Night Fever 1977 周末狂热 $285.4 m114 Lethal Weapon 4 1998 致命武器4 $284.7 m115 Speed 1994 生死时速 $283.2 m116 Batman Returns 1992 蝙蝠侠回归 $282.8 m117 Casper 1995 鬼马小精灵 $282.3 m118 Bridget Jones[*]s Diary 2001 单身日记 $280.0 m 119 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 1992 小鬼当家II $279.6 m120 Scary Movie 2000 恐怖电影 $277.0 m121 American Pie 2 2001 美国派II $276.5 m122 What Lies Beneath 2000 谎言背后 $275.5 m123 Jerry Maguire 1996 甜心先生 $273.6 m124 The Silence of the Lambs 1991 沉默的羔羊 $272.7 m 125 Tomb Raider 2001 古墓丽影 $271.3 m126 The Nutty Professor 1996 肥佬教授 $269.4 m127 The Green Mile 1999 绿里奇迹 $268.7 m128 Bambi 1942 小鹿斑比 $268.0 m129 Indecent Proposal 1993 桃色交易 $266.6 m130 Jumanji 1995 逃出魔幻纪 $264.9 m131 The Fifth Element 1997 第五元素 $263.6 m132 The Firm 1993 糖衣陷进 $262.3 m133 Total Recall 1990 全面回忆 $261.4 m134 Charlie[*]s Angels 2000 霹雳娇娃 $258.5 m135 The Full Monty 1997 光猪六壮士 $256.9 m136 Erin Brockovich 2000 决不妥协 $256.6 m137 Waterworld 1995 未来水世界 $255.2 m138 Cliffhanger 1993 绝岭雄风 $255.0 m139 You[*]ve Got Mail 1998 电子情书 $250.7 m140 Hercules 1997 大力士 $250.6 m141 The Truman Show 1998 楚门的世界 $249.2 m142 Babe 1995 宝贝小猪 $249.0 m143 Unbreakable 2000 不死劫 $249.0 m144 Dumb & Dumber 1994 阿呆与阿瓜 $246.2 m145 Rush Hour 1998 尖峰时刻 $245.3 m146 The Godfather 1972 教父 $245.2 m147 Enemy of the State 1998 国家敌人 $245.1 m148 Four Weddings and a Funeral 1994 四个婚礼一个葬礼 $244.1 m149 Back to the Future Part III 1990 回到未来III $243.7m150 Face/Off 1997 多面双雄 $241.6 m151 The Blair Witch Project 1999 女巫布莱尔 $240.5 m 152 [*]Crocodile[*] Dundee II 1987 鳄鱼邓迪II $239.6 m153 Out of Africa 1985 走出非洲 $239.5 m154 Die Hard 2: Die Harder 1990 虎胆龙威II $237.7 m 155 A Few Good Men 1992 义海雄风 $237.3 m156 Batman and Robin 1997 蝙蝠侠与罗宾 $237.3 m157 Dead Poets Society 1989 死亡诗社 $235.9 m158 A.I. 2001 人工智能 $235.9 m159 Eraser 1996 蒸发密令 $235.1 m160 Big Daddy 1999 老爸向前冲 $233.6 m161 The Mask of Zorro 1998 左罗的面具 $233.4 m162 Spirited Away 2001 千与千寻 $233.0 m163 Bean 1997 憨豆先生 $232.0 m164 The English Patient 1996 英国病人 $231.7 m165 Sister Act 1992 修女也疯狂 $231.6 m166 Gone in 60 Seconds 2000 急速60秒 $230.5 m167 Life is Beautiful 1998 美丽人生 $229.0 m168 Sleepless in Seattle 1993 西雅图不眠夜 $227.9 m 169 Lethal Weapon 2 1989 致命武器II $227.3 m170 Good Will Hunting 1997 心灵捕手 $225.9 m171 Space Jam 1996 太空大灌篮 $225.4 m172 One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1961 101斑点狗$224.0 m173 Con Air 1997 空中监狱 $223.2 m174 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids 1989 亲爱的,我把孩子缩小了 $222.7 m175 The Little Mermaid 1989 小美人鱼 $222.3 m176 Presumed Innocent 1990 欲网危情 $221.3 m177 Interview With the Vampire 1994 夜访吸血鬼 $221.3 m178 The Prince of Egypt 1998 埃及王子 $218.5 m179 Wild Wild West 1999 飙凤战警 $217.8 m180 Twins 1988 龙兄鼠弟 $216.6 m181 Ghostbusters II 1989 捉鬼敢死队II $215.5 m182 The Patriot 2000 爱国者 $215.3 m183 Pulp Fiction 1994 低俗小说 $212.9 m184 Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls 1995 神探飞机头$212.3 m185 Miss Congeniality 2001 选美俏佳丽$212.1 m186 Disclosure 1994 叛逆性骚扰 $212.0 m187 Entrapment 1999 将计就计 $211.7 m188 End of Days 1999 魔鬼末日 $209.3 m189 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 卧虎藏龙$209.1 m190 Jaws 2 1978 大白鲨II $208.9 m191 Clear and Present Danger 1994 燃眉追击 $207.5 m 192 Traffic 2000 毒品网络 $207.0 m193 The Fast & the Furious 2001 速度与激情 $206.3 m194 JFK 1991 刺杀肯尼迪 $205.4 m195 Braveheart 1995 勇敢的心 $204.0 m196 Moonraker 1979 太空城 $202.7 m197 Sleepy Hollow 1999 断头谷 $202.1 m198 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1990 忍者龟 $202.0 m 199 Kindergarden Cop 1990 幼稚园特警 $202.0 m200 American Pie 1999 美国派 $201.8 m回答者:丝竹麝香之音味 - 秀才三级 6-28 16:08提问者对于答案的评价:谢啦!不过物品希望是大家自己的意见!其他回答共 5 条/free/name1234/ 这有啊,可在线欣赏,可下载回答者:sd44545xc - 试用期一级 6-28 13:51历来奥斯卡奖电影!1928——2004 2004获奖《指环王3:王者回归》(THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING) [DVDRip]提名《迷失东京》(LOST IN TRANSLATION) [DVDRip]《怒海争锋》(MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD) [DVDRip]《神秘河》(MYSTIC RIVER) [DVDRip]《奔腾年代》(SEABISCUIT) [DVDRip] 2003获奖Chicago (2002) 芝加哥 [DVDRip]提名Pianist, The (2002) 钢琴师 [DVDRip]Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) 魔戒二部曲—双城奇谋 [DVDRip]Hours, The (2002) 时时刻刻 [DVDRip]Gangs of New York (2002) 纽约风云 [DVDRip] 2002获奖Beautiful Mind, A (2001) 美丽心灵 [DVDRip]提名Moulin Rouge! (2001) 红磨坊 [DVDRip]Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) 魔戒首部曲:魔戒现身 [DVDRip]In the Bedroom (2001) 意外边缘 [DVDRip]Gosford Park (2001) 谜雾庄园 [DVDRip] 2001获奖Gladiator (2000) 角斗士 [DVDRip]提名Wo hu cang long (2000) 卧虎藏龙 [DVDRip]Traffic (2000) 毒网 [DVDRip]Erin Brockovich (2000) 永不妥协 [DVDRip]Chocolat (2000) 浓情巧克力 [DVDRip] 2000获奖American Beauty (1999) 美国丽人 [DVDRip]提名Sixth Sense, The (1999) 灵异第六感 [DVDRip]Insider, The (1999) 局内人 [DVDRip]Green Mile, The (1999) 绿色奇迹 [DVDRip]Cider House Rules, The (1999) 总有骄阳 [DVDRip] 1999 获奖Shakespeare in Love (1998) 恋爱中的莎士比亚 [DVDRip] 提名Vita è bella, La (1997) 美丽人生 [DVDRip]Thin Red Line, The (1998) 红色警戒 [DVDRip]Saving Private Ryan (1998) 拯救大兵瑞恩 [DVDRip] Elizabeth (1998) 伊莉莎白 [DVDRip] 1998获奖Titanic (1997) 泰坦尼克 [DVDRip]提名L.A. Confidential (1997) 幕后嫌疑犯 [DVDRip]Good Will Hunting (1997) 骄阳似我 [DVDRip]Full Monty, The (1997) 一脱到底 [DVDRip]As Good As It Gets (1997) 猫屎先生 [DVDRip] 1997获奖English Patient, The (1996) 英国病人 [DVDRip]提名Shine (1996) 闪亮的风采 [DVDRip]Secrets & Lies (1996) 秘密与谎言 [DVDRip]Jerry Maguire (1996) 甜心先生 [DVDRip]Fargo (1996) 冰雪暴 [DVDRip] 1996获奖Braveheart (1995) 勇敢的心 [DVDRip]提名Sense and Sensibility (1995) 理智与情感 [DVDRip] Postino, Il (1994) 事先张扬的求爱事件Babe (1995) 小猪宝贝 [DVDRip]Apollo 13 (1995) 阿波罗13号 [DVDRip] 1995获奖Forrest Gump (1994) 阿甘正传 [DVDRip]提名Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) 消香克的救赎[DVDRip]Quiz Show (1994) 机智问答Pulp Fiction (1994) 低俗小说 [DVDRip]Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) 四个婚礼一个葬礼1994获奖Schindler‘s List (1993) 辛德勒的名单 [DVDRip]提名Remains of the Day, The (1993) 告别有情天 [DVDRip] Piano, The (1993) 钢琴别恋In the Name of the Father (1993) 因父之名Fugitive, The (1993) 亡命天涯 1993获奖Unforgiven (1992) 不可饶恕 DVDRip提名Scent of a Woman (1992) 闻香识女人 [DVDRip]Howards End (1992) 此情可问天Few Good Men, A (1992) 义海雄风 DVDRipCrying Game, The (1992) 哭泣游戏 1992获奖Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) 沉默的羔羊 [DVDRip] 提名Prince of Tides, The (1991) 潮浪王子JFK (1991) 惊天大刺杀Bugsy (1991) 一代情枭毕斯Beauty and the Beast (1991) 美女与野兽 1991获奖Dances with Wolves (1990) 与狼共舞 [DVDRip] 作者:liuqi104 2004-8-31 07:59 回复此发言-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 历来奥斯卡奖电影!1928——2004提名Goodfellas (1990) 好家伙 DVDRipGodfather: Part III, The (1990) 教父第三集 [DVDRip] Ghost (1990) 人鬼情未了 [DVDRip]Awakenings (1990) 无语问苍天 1990获奖Driving Miss Daisy (1989) ?nbsp;提名My Left Foot (1989) 我的左脚Field of Dreams (1989) 梦幻之地Dead Poets Society (1989) 春风化雨Born on the Fourth of July (1989) 生于七月四日 1989 获奖Rain Man (1988) 雨人 [DVDRip]提名Working Girl (1988) 上班女郎Mississippi Burning (1988) 烈血暴潮Dangerous Liaisons (1988) 危险关系Accidental Tourist, The (1988) 意外的旅客 1988获奖Last Emperor, The (1987) 末代皇帝 [DVDRip]提名Moonstruck (1987) 月色撩人Hope and Glory (1987) 希望与荣耀Fatal Attraction (1987) 致命的吸引力Broadcast News (1987) 收播新闻 1987获奖Platoon (1986) 野战排 [DVDRip]提名Room with a View, A (1986) 看得见风景的房间Mission, The (1986) 教会Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) 汉娜姐妹Children of a Lesser God (1986) 悲怜上帝的女儿 1986 获奖Out of Africa (1985) 走出非洲提名Witness (1985) 证人Prizzi‘s Honor (1985) 普里兹家族的荣誉Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) 蜘蛛女之吻Color Purple, The (1985) 紫色 1985获奖Amadeus (1984) 莫扎特传提名Soldier‘s Story, A (1984) 大兵Places in the Heart (1984) 我心深处Passage to India, A (1984) 印度之行Killing Fields, The (1984) 战火屠城 1984获奖Terms of Endearment (1983) 母女情深提名Tender Mercies (1983) 温柔的怜悯Right Stuff, The (1983) 征空先锋Dresser, The (1983) 近身Big Chill, The (1983) 山水又相逢 1983获奖Gandhi (1982) 甘地传提名Verdict, The (1982) 大审判Tootsie (1982) 窈窕淑男Missing (1982) 失踪E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 外星人E.T. 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好莱坞简介(英文版)2

好莱坞简介(英文版)2

The feature attractions of Hollywood 好莱坞名胜
• One of the Hollywood's most important attractions is Chinese theatre, which located in Hollywood boulevard, attracting travellers all over the world to see the footprint of stars.
Brief Introduction
简介
Development of Hollywood
好莱坞发展史
The feature attractions of Hollywood
好莱坞名胜
Hollywood Film
好莱坞电影
Brief Introduction 简介
• Hollywood,which situated in the west coast of the United States of California in Los Angeles on the outskirts, is a beautiful place. • Due to its fame, culture and the association with film studios(工作室) and movie stars, the word “Hollywood” is most often referred to the American film industry.
Development of Hollywood 好莱坞发展史
• The Los Angeles subway combined these two citys in 1999.6 • In the year of 2002 the citizens in Hollywood launch a campaign to make the Hollywood indepent instead of one part of Los Angeles. In 1902,the first part of the Hollywood Hotel opened. • The Hollywood government decided to let all the citizens to take a vote . The independent campaign was denied by the majorities.

好莱坞电影发展史及美国电影概述课件

好莱坞电影发展史及美国电影概述课件

好莱坞电影发展史及美国电影概述
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The First Golden Period of Hollywood
1930s to 1950s
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New Hollywood
1970s to 1980s
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New Hollywood
American film culture
好莱坞电影发展史及美国电影概述
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The formation of Hollywood
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Hollywood
• There are several ways to define the “Hollywood”
• the broadest is the American film industry, including different cities and different scale film production and distribution companies.
• 1929, the Academy Awards were awarded for the first time.
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The Silent Films
The Early 20th Century
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In 1915, The Birth of A Nation was first released. It was the beginning of Hollywood's domination of the world.

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用英语介绍好莱坞的历史

用英语介绍好莱坞的历史Hollywood is a district in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., situated west-northeast of Downtown. Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and stars, the word "Hollywood" is often used as a metonym for the American film and television industry. Today much of the movie industry has dispersed into surrounding areas such as Burbank and the Westside, but significant ancillary industries (such as editing, effects, props, post-production, and lighting panies) remain in Hollywood.Many historic Hollywood theaters are used as venues and concert stages to premiere major theatrical releases, and host the Academy Awards. It is a popular destination for nightlife and touri *** , and home to the Walk of Fame.Although it is not the typical practice of the City of Los Angeles to establish specific boundaries for districts or neighborhoods, Hollywood is a recent exception. On February 16, 2005, Assembly Members Goldberg and Koretz introduced a bill to require the State to keep specific records on Hollywood as though it were independent. For this to be done, the boundaries were defined. This bill was unanimously supported by the Hollywood Chamber of merce and the LA City Council. Assembly Bill 588 was approved by the Governor on August 28, 2006, and now the district of Hollywood has official borders. The border is shown at the right, and can be loosely described as the area east of Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, south of Mulholland Dr., Laurel Canyon, Cahuenga Blvd. and Barham Blvd., and the cities of Burbank and Glendale, north of Melrose Avenue, and west of the Golden State Freeway and Hyperion Avenue. Note that thisincludes all of Griffith Park and Los Feliz—two areas that were hitherto generally considered separate from Hollywood by most Angelinos. The population of the district (including Los Feliz) as of the 2000 census was 208,237 [1].As a portion of the City of Los Angeles, Hollywood does not have its own municipal government, but does have an appointed official that serves as "honorary mayor" for ceremonial purposes only. Currently, the "mayor" is Johnny Grant. Since this is a non-elected, honorary position, Grant has held this position for decades.In 1853, one adobe hut stood on the site that became Hollywood. By 1870, an agricultural munity flourished in the area with thriving crops. In the 1880s, Harvey Henderson Wilcox of Kansas, who made a fortune in real estate even though he had lost the use of his legs due to typhoid fever, and his wife, Daeida who is originally from Hicksville, Ohio, moved to Los Angeles from Topeka. In 1886, Wilcox bought 160 acres (0.6 km²) of land in the countryside to the west of the city at the foothills and the Cahuenga Pass.A locally popular etymology is that the name Hollywood traces to the ample stands of native Toyon, or "California Holly," that cover the hillsides with clusters of bright red berries each winter. But this and accounts of the name ing from imported English holly then growing in the area are not confirmed. There is some disagreement as to who was the first to name the place Hollywood. One account says that the name was coined by H. J. Whitley,[1] the Father of Hollywood. He and his wife Gigi reportedly came up with the name in 1886 while on their honeymoon (from Margaret Virginia Whitley´s memoir).[1] Another account is that Mrs. Wilcox coined the name in 1883;while on a train she became acquainted with a wealthy lady who often spoke of her country home named after a settlement of Dutch immigrants from Zwolle called "Hollywood", and when she returned to Los Angeles she so named her country place.By 1900, the munity called Cahuenga also had a post office, a newspaper, a hotel and two markets, along with a population of 500. Los Angeles, with a population of 100,000 people at the time, lay seven miles (11 km) east through the citrus groves. A single-track streetcar line ran down the middle of Prospect Avenue from Los Angeles, but service was infrequent and the trip took two hours. The old citrus fruit packing house would be converted into a livery stable, improving transportation for the inhabitants of Hollywood.The first section of the famous Hollywood Hotel, the first major hotel in Hollywood, was opened in 1902 by H. J. Whitley, eager to sell residential lots among the lemon ranches then lining the foothills. Flanking the west side of Highland Avenue, the structure fronted on Prospect Avenue. Still a dusty, unpaved road, it was regularly graded and graveled.Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality in 1903. Among the town ordinances was one prohibiting the sale of liquor except by pharmacists and one outlawing the driving of cattle through the streets in herds of more than two hundred. In 1904, a new trolley car track running from Los Angeles to Hollywood up Prospect Avenue was opened. The system was called "the Hollywood boulevard." It cut travel time to and from Los Angeles drastically.By 1910, because of an ongoing struggle to secure an adequate water supply, the town *** en voted for Hollywood to be annexed into the City of Los Angeles, as the water system ofthe growing city had opened the Los Angeles Aqueduct and was piping water down from the Owens River in the Owens Valley. Another reason for the vote was that Hollywood could have access to drainage through Los Angeles´ sewer system.With annexation, the name of Prospect Avenue was changed to Hollywood Boulevard and all the street numbers in the new district changed. For example, 100 Prospect Avenue, at Vermont Avenue, became 6400 Hollywood Boulevard; and 100 Cahuenga Boulevard, at Hollywood Boulevard, changed to 1700 Cahuenga Boulevard.。

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Importance of Film History
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Understanding film history is essential for comprehending the medium's influence on culture and
society.
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It provides a context for contemporary film production
Studio System
Summary
The Studio System was a system of production that dominated Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Detail
Studios were vertically integrated, meaning they controlled not only production but also distribution and exhibition. Stars were under contract to specific studios, and the system was designed to ensure consistent quality and financial success.
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• Contemporary Cinema (1990s Present) • Conclusion
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Introduction
Definition of Film History
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Film history is the study of the development, themes, styles, and techniques of motion pictures.

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美国电影发展历程英文The Development of American FilmThe history of American film stretches back over a century, and it has had a significant impact on global cinema. The development of the American film industry can be divided into several key periods, each marked by technological advances, artistic innovation, and changing cultural and social attitudes.The early years of American cinema, from the late 19th century to the early 1900s, were characterized by short, silent films. These films were often shown in nickelodeons, small storefront theaters that could seat hundreds of people. Thomas Edison and the American Mutoscope Company were two key players during this period, producing films such as "The Great Train Robbery" in 1903, which is considered one of the first narrative films.The 1920s saw the rise of Hollywood as the center of the American film industry. With its favorable weather and diverse scenery, Hollywood became an ideal location for film production. Major studios such as Universal and Warner Bros. were established during this time, and the introduction of synchronized sound in films with "The Jazz Singer" in 1927 revolutionized the industry. This period also gave birth to many iconic stars, including Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, who are still recognized today.The 1930s and 1940s, commonly known as the Golden Age of Hollywood, saw the production of multiple classics that are still celebrated today. The introduction of color film and widescreen formats further enhanced the cinematic experience. Some of themost revered films of this era include "Gone with the Wind" (1939) and "Casablanca" (1942). Additionally, Hollywood played an essential role in boosting morale during World War II, producing patriotic films that reflected the nation's spirit.In the 1950s, the rise of television posed a significant challenge to the film industry. To combat declining attendance, Hollywood responded with widescreen formats like Cinemascope and 3D, as well as epic spectacles such as "Ben-Hur" (1959). This period also saw the emergence of new genres, including science fiction and horror, with films like "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956) and "Psycho" (1960).The 1970s witnessed a shift in American filmmaking, with the rise of independent cinema and the New Hollywood movement. Directors such as Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Francis Ford Coppola brought a level of artistic and narrative complexity that challenged traditional storytelling conventions. Films such as "Taxi Driver" (1976), "Jaws" (1975), and "The Godfather" (1972) captured the attention of both critics and audiences, earning critical acclaim and box office success.In recent decades, American cinema has continued to evolve and diversify. Hollywood has seen the emergence of blockbuster franchises and superhero films, as well as a growing focus on representation and inclusion, showcasing stories from underrepresented communities. Independent filmmaking has thrived, often pushing boundaries and exploring new narratives.In conclusion, the development of American film is a testament tothe innovative spirit, cultural influence, and global reach of the industry. From the early silent films to the present-day blockbusters, American cinema has continuously evolved, reflecting the changing tastes and values of audiences worldwide.。

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美国有一个同巨大的财富和梦幻联系在一起的地方,这就是好莱 坞。它位于加利福尼亚州洛杉矶市的西北部,是美国电影电视工 业的中心。好莱坞最初只是一片村庄,20世纪初,美国电影制作 中心由纽约逐渐移向阳光明媚的西海岸。1913年西席·地密尔在 好莱坞大规模的拍摄活动和派拉蒙公司建成第一个名副其实的摄 影棚,标志着电影城好莱坞的诞生。随后,好莱坞迅速成长为美 国和世界电影制片业的中心,它不再仅仅是一个地名,而成为美 国电影工业体系的代名词。这一工业体系的发展是建立在大制片 厂制和明星制基础上的。大制片厂制作为好莱坞电影独特的制作 方式,其特点是:发展大而全的垄断性企业,例如米高梅、华纳 兄弟等八大公司就大多是集制片、发行和放映于一体的大型垄断 企业;制片厂内部分工精细,强调集体合作,消解个人作用;实 行制片人专权制;突出演员作用,这便形成了所谓的明星制。直 到40年代好莱坞一直保持着世界最大的电影梦幻基地的地位。第 二次世界大战后好莱坞开始衰落,电视的兴起和反垄断法的实施 导致了大制片厂制度的解体。好莱坞在衰退中,顺应时代潮流发 展了电视制作。60年代末70年代初好莱坞电影业开始复兴。从80 年代中期直到今天,美国电影业又以其巨额的投资和高科技手段 的运用,使好莱坞重又恢复了世界影业霸主的地位。
国的电影组织或审查委员会推荐,且须加盖 英文字幕,送交学院外国片委员
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美国好莱坞百年百部经典电影一、《风云人物》(It's a Wonderful Life)1946年詹姆斯·斯图尔特演小镇男人,从小就想离开家去外面闯荡,当个建筑师,走遍天下。

但他一次次被迫放弃理想,继承家传企业,为小镇居民盖便宜的房子。

某个圣诞夜,他精神崩溃,决心自杀。

上帝派出天使下凡,给他看“没有他的世界”,让他认识到自己生命的意义。

二、《杀死一只知更鸟》(To Kill a Mockingbird)1962年根据哈柏李(Harper Lee)畅销小说改编,葛雷哥莱毕克扮演一名南方小镇律师,为黑人强奸犯辩护,另一方面他又得向他的小孩和他们的朋友解释。

格雷戈里佩克(Gregory Peck)精湛、平稳的演技让他获得当届奥斯卡、金球双料影帝。

编、导可说是相当忠实、以平顺悠闲的步调反映原版小说的情节,但也有影评人嫌它略为平淡无奇。

除了几位大明星,亦可看到日后影帝劳勃杜瓦(Robert Duvall)第一次的银幕演出。

本片另还获得奥斯卡最佳改编剧本、最佳艺术指导/场景布置奖、及最佳黑白摄影、导演、影片、女配角、原始配乐等提名。

三、《辛德勒的名单》(Schindler's List)1993年似乎到现在,它的画面还深刻的印在人们脑海。

本片是一部充满智慧与热忱的电影,也是史帝芬史匹柏从影以来最感人肺腑的作品,获第66届奥斯卡最佳影片、最佳导演、最佳改编剧本、最佳艺术指导、最佳摄影、最佳电影剪辑六项大奖。

而片中的音乐无疑已经成为世界电影音乐宝库中的经典之作。

四、《洛奇》(Rocky) 1976年本片是史泰龙自编自演的成名作,描述二流拳击手洛基幸运地被世界重量级拳王阿波罗挑选为比赛对手,他把握机会认真备战,结果在你来我往地战了十五个回合之后并没有被击倒。

他虽然输了比赛,却赢得了自信和女友的芳心。

本片是励志色彩浓厚的小人物奋斗史,在银幕上下都彰显了令人振奋的美国梦。

史泰龙饰演心地善良斗志坚强的小拳师,虽然吟念对白口齿不清,却别具明星魅力。

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Features of Hollywood Film 好莱坞电影特色
famous stars & directors 明星和名导演 large amounts of investment 大笔投资 heroic leading roles & unpredictable plots 英雄式的主角 & 出人意料的情节 easily acceptant themes 易于接受的主题
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Development of Hollywood 好莱坞发展史
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Development of Hollywood 好莱坞发展史 The Academy Awards began to be hosted in Hollywood in 1929. In 1940s and 1950s, commercial television stations(商 业电视台),music recording studios and offices began operating in Hollywood.
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Development of Hollywood 好莱坞发展史 By 1915, the majority of American movies had been produced in the Los Angeles area. By 1920, Hollywood had become world famous as the symbol of the United States film industry. By 1928, several most famous film companies had located in Hollywood and dominated the American film industry.

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dissolve • Made over 500 films • “A Trip to the Moon” (1902)
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The History of the Movies in America
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The Silent Era
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THE CLASSICAL HOLLYWOOD(1932-1959)
THE RISE OF HOLLYWOOD(1891-1931)
Far away from the battlefields of world war I, the American economy grew very rapidly during and after the war. Hollywood was able to develop and prosper in the first two decades of the 20th century. The film industry absorbed the world’s cinematic talent,including Charlie Chaplin and Greta Garbo,who moved to the United States,where they made highly successful American careers. America became the leading producer of films in the world. The influential films of the decades were Birth of A Nation(1915) ,The Gold Rush (1925), The Jazz Singer(1927) ,and Wings(1927).
THE CLASSICAL HOLLYWOOD(1932-1959)
The 1930s were the “Golden Age of Hollywood”. This was brought about by three factors. The first of them was the revolutionary effect of sound. The formation of five major cooperative-style studiosTwentieth Century Fox, MGM, Paramount, Warner Bros,and RKO was also significant. Lastly, there appeared attributed to the rapid development of the film industry. Hollywood film production reached its climax during the years 1939 to 1942,over a decade after the rise of sound film production. A tremendous variety of films were produced with wit, skill,and elegance . The directors and movie stars from Europe such as Alfred Hitchcock,Michael Curtiz, David Lean, Vivien Leigh and Ingrid Bergman, made great contributions in this golden age and left an indelible mark in the history of film production. The motion picture industry faced its period of the greatest crisis and challenge with the close of the 1940s and the start of the next decade:the collapse of the film-making monopoly. The distinguished films of the 1950s were Singin’ in the Rain(1952), High Noon(1952) and Roman Holiday(1953).

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Kinetoscope—————— Louis and Auguste Lumiere
Charles-Émile Reynaud was a French pioneer, responsible for the first projected animated cartoon films. Reynaud created the Praxinoscope in 1877 and the Théâtre Optique in December 1888, and on 28 October 1892 he projected the first animated film in public, Pauvre Pierrot, in Paris

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20th Century Fox Film Corp. Founded in 1935
Seven well-known Hollywood movie companies
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The BeginningsWhen Harvey Wilcox bought a piece of land in Southern California in 1887 and named it ‘Hollywood’, he had no idea that only a few years later filmmakers would make this spot the movie center of the world. However, it was Thomas Edison who laid the first milestone in American cinema history by inventing his Kinematoscope in 1891. In 1894 Edison presented his film Black Diamond Express to the audiences which set the foundation of the new entertainment. The first genius in early film history was D.W. Griffith who realized that the static camera was not enough to mediate his vision and by starting to use close-ups, cross-cutting, fade-outs and other camera technique he invented movie editing. While he was also the first person to shoot a film in Hollywood, namely In Old California (1910), his greatest success remains The Birth of a Nation (1915), a three-hour epic of the Civil Warand its aftermath. The movie remains controversial: movie historians acknowledge its pioneering approach to visual storytelling as well as its technical achievements, but criticize the explicit racist depiction of blacks and the glorification of the Ku Klux Klan.Among the earliest movie stars we find the impersonation of innocence or ‘America’s Sweetheart,’ Mary Pickford, also Gloria Swanson, and Douglas Fairbanks, whose most popular films were The Mask of Zorro (1920) and Robin Hood (1922). In the 1920s more and more people went to the nickelodeons (the early movie theaters where the admission fee was a nickel) to watch such epics as, for example, Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments (1923).The mild climate and the year-round sunshine drew more and more filmmakers to Southern California, where the center of American film industry gradually emerged. SamuelGoldwyn, Louis B. Mayer, the Hungarian-born Adolph Zukor and William Fox, and the four Warner brothers dominated the production side of the business and established their own movie studios. The studio system was to rule the film market in the following three decades. The five major studios, or the Big Five as they were called at the time, were Warner Bros., 20th CenturyFox, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount,and RKO, while among the then smaller studios we count Columbia, Universal, and United Artists. In the 1920s a new genre, the slapstick comedy started to gain ground in film production with such names as Fatty Arbuckle or British-born Charlie Chaplin who eventually became his own star, director, and producer. He developed the character of the Tramp, a comic but also pathetic figure in overlarge gentle man’s clothes, bowler hat and grotesquely big shoes, and made several movies in this role: TheKid (1921), The Gold Rush (1925), etc. Chaplin kept making basically silent movies in the sound era as well, e.g. Modern Times (1936), but his talkie The Great Dictator (1940) with its caricature of Adolf Hitler was also a popular success. Chaplin’s greatest rival was the stony-faced Buster Keaton who always played the perfect scapegoat and was famous for never smiling on screen. His best film is considered to be Steamboat Bill (1928).Besides slapstick comedies, the major genres were swashbucklers, historical films and melodramas, although filmmakers were experimenting with all kinds of genres throughout the decade.The premiere of The Jazz Singer in 1927 launched a new technological breakthrough, the talking picture, or talkie, with the result that the silent film had practically disappeared by the 1930s. The careers of many actors were broken as they couldnot live up to the demands of this new way of moviemaking. Among those who survived we find Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, or Gloria Swanson. Also in 1927, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) was founded and the first Academy Awards (popularly known as Oscars, after the nickname of the statuette given to the winners) were presented in February 1929.The Golden Age of American Cinema: the 1930s to the 1940sThe 1930sWith the appearance of the ‘talkie’ a new era of filmmaking began in Hollywood. The most popular genres of the time were the western, slapstick comedy, musical, animated cartoon, biopic (biographical picture), etc.As opposed to today’s practice producers, directors, actors, technicians, etc. were kept on salaries at the different studios, each studio having its own personnel. The studios also owned hundreds of theaters in cities and towns where they were able to show their own films. Big business went hand in hand with infamous relationships and scandals, and by the beginning of the 1930s Hollywood came to be known as the most sinful city. As a countermeasure General Will Hays introduced the Production Code (not enforced until 1934) to set the guidelines for films concerning sex, violence, and religion.In the 1930s also new genres appeared such as the adventure or fantasy movies. This was the time of Johnny Weissmuller’s first film, Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), which was followed by Tarzan and His Mate (1934) and several others. David O. Selznick, one of the most famous producers of the period, introduced the first classic monster in movie history, King Kong, in 1933. Another greatadventure hit came when Charles Laughton came to Hollywood after the success of The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) and played in the Mutiny on the Bounty (1935).Another new development of the decade was the horror film. In 1931 the Hungarian Bela Lugosi appeared as a vampire in Dracula and Boris Karloff as the monster in Frankenstein, laying the foundation of a long tradition. The 1930s also saw the unfolding of the gangster movie genre with Howard Hawks’ Scarface (1932), and the Hungarian-born director Michael Curtiz’s Angels With Dirty Faces (1938).New movie comedians also surfaced beside Chaplin: such figures appeared as the group named the Three Stooges in Woman Haters (1934), and they went on producing slapstick comedies until 1959. The best film of thepopular pair of comedians Laurel and Hardy, Sons of the Desert, also came out in 1933. After World War I numerous European artists came to Hollywood: Ernst Lubitsch, Alfred Hitchcock, Fritz Lang and Josef von Sternberg among the directors as well as for example Marlene Dietrich among the actors. Dietrich and von Sternberg made seven films together in Hollywood out of which Morocco (1930) and Shanghai Express (1932) are the most memorable.The greatest year in the 1930s was probably 1939 when such movies appeared as The Wizard of Oz, Gone With the Wind (winning eight Oscars that year with British actress Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable in the leading roles), Stagecoach (directed by John Ford, one of the finest directors of the time), or Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. The 1930s also marked the beginning of the famous feature-length animationfilm production of the Disney Company with the classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). Other famous cartoons of the company were soon to follow: Cinderella (1950), Sleeping Beauty (1959), and One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961).This was also the decade when the first great stars as we know them appeared: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, just to name a few, while others, for example Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were best known for their dancing talents.1940s and the Film noirAs noted above, Alfred Hitchcock came to Hollywood to direct his first American film, Rebecca (1940) under David O. Selznick. Among his later thrillers that became classics of American film history, Notorious (1946), RearWindow (1954), Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960), and The Birds (1963) are considered the best by critics and fans.1941, the year in which the US entered World War II, meant shortages, blackouts, and other wartime restrictions which harshly affected the film industry. Yet, by 1946 the attendance in theaters reached the highest percentage up to that point. Many directors and producers (John Ford, William Wyler and Frank Capra among them) set out to make documentaries and training films to aid the war. The most famous, partly propaganda film of the time was Michael Curtiz’s Casablanca (1942) starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Peter Lorre. This dark romantic story illustrates the struggles of Rick Blain, a bar keeper in Casablanca who has the means to save his former lover’s husband by giving him false documents, while this way he would lose the woman he loves. Anothersuccessful film with patriotic flair was Mrs. Miniver (1942) by William Wyler about the citizens of a British village struggling to survive the war. In 1941 the twenty-three-year-old Orson Welles made his début in his own masterpiece Citizen Kane. The film shows the life of Charles Foster Kane, who begins to fight for power within the publishing industry and turns out to be a ruthless tyrant whose actions ruin all around him. The story is mediated through a reporter whose job is to find out what Kane’s last word, ‘rosebud’ could have meant. The movie was allegedly based on the life of the contemporary newspaper magnate, William Randolph Hearst, w ho tried to hinder the film’s appearance by all means. The film, nonetheless, became one of the greatest classics of American film history. Welles’ Macbeth (1948) was less successful and after its release the director left for Europe where he starred in Carol Reed’s film noir, The Third Man (1949).Film noir as a genre had its bloom in the 1940s. It expressed the dark and skeptical mood of the general public through its dark black-and-white pictures where lights and shadows stand in great contrast to each other, and disillusioned or corrupt characters. The first film noir to appear in the US was The Maltese Falcon (1941) which brought a turning point in Humphrey Bogart’s career. Other films followed, such as Mildred Pierce (1945), The Big Sleep (1946), or The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) and the genre lived on all the way into the 1960s.In the 1940s, John Ford started to produce his most famous war movies and westerns (e.g. Fort Apache (1948), Rio Grande (1950)), besides the movie adaptation of such literary classics as The Grapes of Wrath (1940).In the late 1940s, early 1950s a paranoid fear of Communism developed in Hollywood when producers, directors and actors were expected totestify on Communist activities within the industry. Many artists were accused and put on the blacklist (the existence of which has always been denied officially) and banned from working in Hollywood. The career of many stars was broken or endangered, among them Orson Welles, Gregory Peck, Katharine Hepburn, Joseph Losey, Frank Sinatra, or Charlie Chaplin, just to name the most well-known.The end of the 40s also brought the end of the studio system, which was marked by the federal antitrust action separating the production of films from their exhibition. This meant that the studios had to give up their theater networks and had to depend solely on production.The 1950sIn the 1950s television became cinema’s greatest rival. In order to keep their audiences, studiosstarted to produce big-scale spectacular widescreen films that could only be shown in movie theaters. At the same time, as the novelty of television declined, audiences realized that it was the cinema that provided the sort of quality entertainment they were looking for, and the number of viewers began to rise again. Also, the 1950s and 60s marked the end of the Production Code thus more challenging topics, such as sexuality and violence, were also allowed to be filmed.Ever since the 1950s American films are divided more and more into two categories: blockbusters and independent films. Studios tend to make expensive, star oriented, spectacular films whereas independent filmmakers are regarded to be more innovative and quality driven, as they do not depend on the studios’ money.In the decade of the 1950s, new, rebellious heroes emerged: James Dean, Paul Newman, and MarlonBrando along with their female colleagues Kim Novak and Marilyn Monroe. Brando’s first famous appearance was in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) for which he also received an Oscar nomination. Dean played his most remembered role in Rebel Without a Cause (1955). Monroe became one of the most enduring sex symbols of the century with the help of such performances as in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) or Some Like it Hot (1959).The age of rock and roll created a new kind of music film, starting with Rock Around the Clock (1956). Elvis Presley’s first appearance in a film came in 1956 with Love Me Tender, and continued with Jailhouse Rock (1957) and other films all the way into the late 60s. Among the most successful musicals of the decade we find An American in Paris (1951), Singin’ in the Rain (1952, depicting the difficulties silent film actors had to face when talkies came to be popular) with Gene Kelly in the leading role, The King and I (1956)and Porgy and Bess (1959). Besides musicals, spectacular epics also had a bloom in the 50s beginning with The Robe (1953), The Ten Commandments (1956), Ben Hur (1959) starring Charlton Heston and winning eleven Oscars out of twelve nominations, and Spartacus (1960) with Kirk Douglas in the leading role.The 1950s also saw the adaptation of the major contemporary dramas, such as Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Managerie (1950), A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), or Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman (1951).1960sTo continue the epic tradition of the 1950s, 20th Century Fox decided to make Cleopatra in 1963, with Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatraand Richard Burton as Marc Antony. While the epic turned out to be a flop, the musical and comedy genres proved to be more successful among the audiences by this time. One of the greatest and sweetest actresses in these genres was Audrey Hepburn who won the Best Actress Award for Roman Holiday (1953) in which Gregory Peck acted as her well-suited partner. Her career was also notable in the 1960s when she shot Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) and the musical My Fair Lady (1964) with Rex Harrison at her side. Other notable music films of the decade were the adaptation of Doctor Dolittle (1967) also with Harrison, the partly animated Disney classic, Mary Poppins (1964) and the by now classic The Sound of Music in 1965 both starring Julie Andrews, and West Side Story (1961), a modern version of Romeo and Juliet in a contemporary New York setting.It was in the 1960s that Stanley Kubrick established his position as one of themost famous auteurs of the century. If his war drama Paths of Glory (1957) was considered controversial, then his films Lolita (1962), the scandalous story of an adult man’s ped ophile passion for an underage girl, or Dr. Strangelove (1964), a dark satire about the outbreak of the nuclear Third World War, aroused even more heated criticism but also a lot of critical acclaim. His greatest masterpiece is considered to be 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) which is widely hailed as the greatest science-fiction film ever made. In the late 1960s Kubrick moved to England and worked there most of the time until his death in 1999.One of the decade’s masterpieces was Arthur Penn’s Bonnie and Clyde (1967) which already showed the weakening of the Production Code: despite its graphic violence and sympathetic gangsters the film was not banned. Similarly Dustin Hoffman’s first film The Graduate (1967), depicting an ambiguous sexualrelationship between a young man and an older married woman as well as rebellion against boring suburban life, turned out to be a popular success. The code was further undermined in the 1970s. War movies were also popular in the decade and films like Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), The Longest Day (1962) and The Dirty Dozen (1967), an impossible mission in World War II with John Cassavetes, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland and Charles Bronson in the leading roles, ran with enormous success.1970sThe period between 1967 and roughly 1980, is called New Hollywood or post-classical Hollywood, which was marked by the appearance of a new group of filmmakers, such as Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Martin Scorsese, also called the ‘movie brats’.This was the time when several new, bold, innovative but also successful films were made by the young generation. Co ppola’s The Godfather (1972) about the Corleone gangster family ruling in Brooklyn was a milestone in film history, providing numerous memorable quotes and scenes with Marlon Brando as the Don. The film was followed by The Godfather, Part II in 1974 (both the first part and its sequel received an Oscar for Best Picture). At the end of the decade Coppola directed one of the most powerful Vietnam War movies based on the loose adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness under the title Apocalypse Now (1979). Two of the most influential horror-thrillers of the decade are William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973), and Spielberg’s Jaws (1975). George Lucas’ Star Wars (1977), a science fantasy combining elements of science fiction stories with traditional fairy-tale motifs, has become one of the biggest box-office successes of all time, and created a newstandard for the industry by its high-quality convincing special effects. Star Wars later developed into a trilogy with the release of The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and The Return of the Jedi (1983). Three more prequels –the so-called Episodes I, II and III –were added between 1999–2005. Lucas went on to produce other blockbusters such as Spielberg’s Indiana Jones series beginning with Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981.Scorsese’s Taxi Driver (1976) was the decade’s most shocking film with its new extremes of violence, showing how a cab driver (Robert DeNiro) tries to save a 13-year-old hooker (Jodie Foster) after not being able to find success with ‘normal’ women. The film’s realism and graphic violence, its depiction of child prostitution and the underworld was without precedent.Besides new directors also a new type of actors established themselves in the era, forexample Jack Nicholson, Robert DeNiro, or Dennis Hopper. Also during this decade the VHS video market developed, creating a new boom in movie making as many films were now produced that were not intended for the big screen but already for the new medium.Woody Allen emerged in the 1970s as an original comic genius who usually wrote, directed and played in his own movies. His directorial début came in 1969 with his film Take the Money and Run and continued with the success of Play it Again Sam (1972) and Sleeper (1973). His major breakthrough came with Annie Hall (1977), a partly biographical love comedy, which won four Oscars in 1978, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress in a Leading Role for Diane Keaton. Allen has continued to produce a seemingly endless series of films ever since, and although few of them became major box office hits –exceptions are Manhattan (1979), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) and Hannah and HerSisters (1986) – he developed an international cult following, particularly in Europe, where his ironic, intellectual, self-doubting brand of humor is more strongly appreciated. The other outstanding comedy series of the era was the Pink Panther series with brilliant British comedian Peter Sellers as bumbling French Inspector Clouseau. The first movie was The Pink Panther (1963) followed by three sequels in the 1970s until the death of Sellers.Just like each decade, the 1970s also had its successful musical films, but light-hearted traditional musicals gave way to more dramatic and darker stories like the persecution of Eastern European Jews in Fiddler on the Roof (1971) or the rise of Nazism in Germany of the 1920s in Cabaret (1972). The music of these films was also changing, showing an increasing influence of contemporary rock and pop in Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), Grease (1978), and Hair (1979). Thehorror and adventure genres also continued with British director Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979, followed by sequels in 1986, 1992, and 1997) and the beginning of the Superman sequence (1978, 1980, 1983).1980sIn the 1980s it is difficult to discover any new trends in the film industry as filmmakers tended to depend on the success plan developed in the previous decade, making spectacular disaster epics, action and adventure stories, or buddy movies. This was also the time of MTV that created a new generation of moviegoers. The first producer to exploit this trend was Don Simpson who made Flashdance in 1983. The film tells the story of Alexandra Owen (Jennifer Beals) who works at a construction site during the day and dances at a bar at night, but she really dreams of being a ballet dancer. Flashdance was not the onlymovie about women transforming on the dance floor, as the audience could also witness Baby in Dirty Dancing (1987) turning into a ballroom dancer by the help of Johnny (Patrick Swayze) against the will of her parents.Simpson also started a new kind of film genre, the buddy movies, by releasing Beverly Hills Cop in 1984. The film starred Eddie Murphy whose other buddy action comedies, 48 Hrs. (1982) and Another 48 Hrs. (1990) were also great favorites of the time. Lethal Weapon (1987), the first of a 4-part sequence about a bold and sometimes suicidal widower police officer (Mel Gibson) and his aging partner (Danny Glover) also became one of the most popular action comedies of the 80s and 90s. Although in the Die Hard sequel(1988-1995) we only find one, lonesome hero, a New York police detective (Bruce Willis) who saves the citizens of Los Angeles, Washington, and New York, this series is also considered a buddy movie.Beside action comedies, many significant Vietnam war movies were also released. Among them we find the first part of the Rambo series, starring Sylvester Stallone. The first movie shows the difficulties and persecution of a former Vietnam soldier who finds it hard to settle back into society after the war. Unfortunately, the sequels degenerated into a Cold War action thriller, with Rambo fighting against the Communists in Vietnam and Afghanistan. Other films of the decade that deal with a similar topic are Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket (1987), Oliver Stone’s Platoon (1986) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989).Other characters in movies were fighting against different evils, imaginary monsters. The horror genre was blooming in this period. Among the most important sequels we find A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984-2003), introducing the monstrous Fred Krueger (Robert Englund) withhis dirty green-grey shirt and glove with sharp knifes as fingers, killing those to whom he appears in their dreams, Friday 13th (1980-2003) or Halloween (1978-2005) which begins with a six-year-old boy brutally killing his sister on Halloween night, and fifteen years later, as he escapes from the mental institution, he continues what he started.Seeing the success of the Star Wars sequence, Spielberg set out to direct another sci-fi fantasy, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), about the adorable alien who after being stuck on Earth is found by the ten-year-old Elliot. Eventually Elliot helps E.T. contact his species and he is taken away from Earth while Elliot stays here. After this successful movie, the production of the Back to the Future sequel (1985, 1989, 1990) brought Spielberg even more fame as audiences found traveling back and forth in time a fascinating idea, especially in the comic way it is illustrated in the film. Other popularscience-fiction or cartoon based stories of the time were James Cameron’s The Terminator (1984) and Tim Burton’s Batman (1989) which also turned out to be a sequel all the way into the late 1990s. In all these movies the studios were concentrating on blockbusters with famous stars, simple stories stuffed with more and more special effects that ‘everybody had to see’ regardless of the films’ real quality or meaning.Beside sci-fi and horror films, we can of course find popular films with serious themes, among them Milos Forman’s surprise hit Amadeus (1984), about Mozart the great composer. In 1988 Rain Man won four Oscars, among them the Best Actor in a Leading Role award to Dustin Hoffmann, who provides a fascinating performance in the role of the autistic Raymond. Bruce Beresford’s Driving Miss Daisy (1989) starred the then 81-year-old Jessica Tandy who received an Academy Award for her role as Miss Daisy. The film is set in the South before the civil rightsmovement and tells the story of an old lady and his African American chauffeur in a society full of prejudices. For younger audiences Peter Weir’s Dead Poets Society (1989) was a movie of major significance, showing how an unconventional teacher, John Keating (Robin Williams) teaches his students to stand up for themselves, form their own ideas, and find their own ways no matter what those around them think about it.1990s and after 2000It was in the late 1980s and early 1990s that independent films (or ‘indies’) became more and more successful. The term independent film covers movies that are made by uncompromising directors and writers who make low-budget original films outside the studio system. The new generation of independent filmmakers includes Spike Lee, Steven Soderbergh,and Quentin Tarantino just to name the most significant. Soderbergh proved his talent and independence from mainstream movie making by sex, lies and videotape(1989) and his breakthrough Erin Brockovich (2000, bringing an Oscar to one of the decade’s most famous actresses, Julia Roberts). The film is about an unemployed single mother who gets a job at a lawyers’ office and eventually disco vers how a powerful company poisons the water of the town of Hinkley. Spike Lee concentrated on the Black questions of the last few decades, making such movies as Do the Right Thing (1989) and Malcolm X (1992) set in the 1960s when the renowned black leader (played by Denzel Washington) was assassinated. This was also the time when such shocking films as Se7en (1995) or Fight Club (1999) introduced David Fincher’s alternative thinking to Hollywood. Yet, it was Quentin Tarantino who dominated among these young directors. His film Pulp Fiction (1994), anultra-violent story told in a non-linear, surprisingly unique and absurd way, with renowned stars in the leading roles (John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson) established him as one of the best directors of the age. His first commercial success was followed up by Jackie Brown (1997) and Kill Bill (2003, 2004). Besides violence, a new philosophical thinking also wriggled its way into the market by the help of the Wachowski Brothers. Their film sequence The Matrix (1999, 2003) was not only thought provoking but also unique in its visual style, which was, of course, supported by abundant visual effects. The story evolves around Neo who is called to free humans living in the Matrix, an artificial reality, exploited by sentient machines.Other than the independents, already acknowledged directors were also active in the decade. Among them we need to mention again Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.Spielberg’s Jurassic Park (1993) and The Lost World: Jurrasic Park (1997) about the re-creation of long lost dinosaurs was a great success by the audiences, while his films Schindler’s List (1993), about a German businessman who saved over 1000 Polish Jews from death camps in World War II, and Saving Private Ryan (1998), a shockingly realistic account of the Omaha Beach landing on June 6, 1944, hit a much more serious tone. George Lucas, on the other hand, based his filmmaking on the success of the Star Wars fantasy saga and created the so called prequel trilogy, that provided the beginning of the story filmed in the 1970s and 1980s. The three part of the trilogy are The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith.Most of the above mentioned films made increasing use of the developing digital technology and special effects; animated films ran along a similar course, utilizing computer-based。

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