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Post War Era

The post-war film era from 1946-1959 saw significant changes in the film industries in Europe, America, and Asia. [1] In Europe, most production facilities were devastated by WWII except in Italy. [2] In America, films took on a darker, more critical tone in the film noir style, while the House Un-American Activities Committee blacklisted many in Hollywood over communist suspicions. [3] To compete with television, Hollywood films emphasized widescreen and color to showcase cinema, though politically neutral genres like epics and musicals grew popular in the mid-1950s. Major movements included Italian Neorealism's documentary-like portraits of ordinary people, and films from Japan like Kuro

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Post War Era

The post-war film era from 1946-1959 saw significant changes in the film industries in Europe, America, and Asia. [1] In Europe, most production facilities were devastated by WWII except in Italy. [2] In America, films took on a darker, more critical tone in the film noir style, while the House Un-American Activities Committee blacklisted many in Hollywood over communist suspicions. [3] To compete with television, Hollywood films emphasized widescreen and color to showcase cinema, though politically neutral genres like epics and musicals grew popular in the mid-1950s. Major movements included Italian Neorealism's documentary-like portraits of ordinary people, and films from Japan like Kuro

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Film History Post War Era (1946- 1959) World War II y y y European film industry in ruins, only Italy

s production facilities avoided devastation War affected American filmmakers and audiences, y Production of dark, morally ambiguous and socially critical films in the film noir style House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) y Blacklisted Hollywood s most talented actors, directors, and screenwriters because of suspected ties to the Communist Party. y Some moved to Europe, some continued to work by using colleagues names as fronts, and others saw their careers and lives ruined.

Boom in Hollywood y Hollywood s response to competition from the new medium of television y Hollywood made films that showcased cinema s distinctive qualities, benefiting from the emergence of widescreen technology and better color film stock: y stereophonic sound y large screen size y color images Mid- 1950s, Hollywood concentrated on apolitical, spectacular films such as biblical epics, westerns, and musicals. 1948, Supreme Court forced Hollywood studios to end their vertical integration plicies y Market place became more competitive y Opportunities increased for independent and foreign producers.

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Major Movements: y Italian Neorealism Neorealism a style characterized by on-location shooting; non-professional actors; natural lighting; grainy, documentary-like imagery; long takes; and stories about ordinary people. Neorealist films articulated the social, political, and economic problems facing Italy s most disadvantaged and neglected citizens. Key films include Roberto Rosselini s Rome, Open City (1945) and Pais (1946), Luchino Visconti s La Terra Trema (1948), and Vittorio De Sica s Bicycle Thieves(1948). y Japanese Art Cinema y y y y Akira Kurosawa used sophisticated tracking shots, widescreen composition, and fast-paced editing to create epic allegorical recreations of Japanese history in the samurai era. Yasujiro Ozu employed long takes and a low-angled, motionless camera to make acute observations about generational tensions in post-war Japanese families Kenji Mizoguchi combined Ozu s use of the long take with Kurosawa s fluid camera movement to shed a critical light on Japan s feudal history and the circumscribed role of women within it. Key films include Kurosawa s Rashomon (1950) and Seven Samurai (1954), Ozu s Tokyo Story (1953), and Mizoguchi s Ugetsu (1953)

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