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I feel as though learning about the History of Film allowed me to interpret the history of politics integrated with film, its impact on society and the world of Hollywood. One particular topic that captured my interest was the era of Hollywood’s fall and rise between the 1960’s and 80’s (Thompson et al., 2022). After Kennedy's assassination, America went through 9 years of sending two million soldiers into war. Women’s roles also changed after the development of the birth control pill. The beginning of a counter culture arrived. More liberal perspectives would come about. A “New Left” wing was sustained and that led to a radical political stance against traditional liberalism and the 1930s socialism and communism. Film in this era would be created to fulfill a type of social protest (Thompson et al., 2022). Hollywood would be the source that attracted the youth with the counter cultural films and topics. Filmmakers would be in the form of media activists and were involved in a concept called micropolitics. This dealt with the need to acquire social change through ideas like abortion, race and gender based discrimination through film and documentary making. Youthpics was an interesting concept, where studios would have a cycle specifically targeted towards young audience entertainment. One film example is Easy Rider (1969). This film tells the story of two drug dealers on a motorcycle trip in the USA. This film became one of the most successful films of its year despite only being made for less than $500,000. This theme is a pattern that can be seen as the ages of either political or social rebellion by the youths of different generations, in addition to how they portray their activism through media.
Works Cited:
Hopper, D. (1969). Easy Rider. Columbia Pictures.
Thompson, K., Bordwell, D., & Smith, J. (2022). Film history an introduction. McGraw Hill Education.
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