Two examples of scenes from films that were frighting when I was a child.
Spaceballs 1987 - Monsters in this were frighting when I was 5 years.
The Matrix 1999 - The scene where neo is captured by Mr. Anderson and injected with a data worm.
Two recent examples of films that disturbed me are:
The last king of Scotland: Scenes of grotesque violence disturbed me:
The last king of Scotland: Scenes of grotesque violence disturbed me:
Once were warriors: Intense domestic violence scenes.
New Hollywood
The Beginnings
During the Golden Age of Hollywood (1930 – 1960), most film directors worked for one of the major studios
Little Fugitive (1953) By Ray Ashley, Morris Engel & Ruth Orkin
Robert Frank made Pull My Daisy (1959)
John Cassavetes made Shadows (1959) – Contains improvised dialogue and a narrative with interracial romance.
Shirley Clarke made The Connection (1961) – A mixture of cinema verite and French New Wave. Her films depict drug addicts, sex workers and different races mixing together.
Ralph Bakshi believed that with all the changes in society and the new social power and economic freedom of the young people, it was time to take adult animation seriously.
Taking the comic strip character created by Robert Crumb, he made what became the first X-rated American cartoon.
Fritz lives an alternative lifestyle among students in New York who experiment with free love, drugs and rock n roll.
The Beginnings
During the Golden Age of Hollywood (1930 – 1960), most film directors worked for one of the major studios
Little Fugitive (1953) By Ray Ashley, Morris Engel & Ruth Orkin
New York New Wave
Lionel Rogosin made On the Bowery (1956) – Neorealist view of New York that has a mixture of documentary and scripted footage.
New Hollywood
A new generation of young filmmakers emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s
Alfie
Georgy Girl
Blow Up
The success of these films showed that American audiences were open to films with more explicit content and different narrative structures.
Bonnie and Clyde 1967
Eventually, actor Warren Beatty read the script and decided to produce it and hired Arthur Penn to direct. The film was funded by Warner Brothers.
Jack Warner disliked the rough cut and gave the film a limited release. The film also received bad reviews.
The film however was well received in England. Beatty managed to get Warner Brothers to re-release the film and it became a success and was nominated for Academy Awards.
Notable at the time for it’s depiction of sex and violence.
The Graduate 1967
Director Mike Nichols won Oscar and film received multiple nominations Soundtrack consists of songs by Simon & Garfunkel Introduced the world to Dustin Hoffman Benjamin Braddock (Hoffman) has just finished college and is unsure of what to do with his future, when he becomes sexually involved with a friend of his parents… Mrs Robinson.
Fritz the Cat 1971
Far from the traditional child-targeted animated films.Ralph Bakshi believed that with all the changes in society and the new social power and economic freedom of the young people, it was time to take adult animation seriously.
Taking the comic strip character created by Robert Crumb, he made what became the first X-rated American cartoon.
Fritz lives an alternative lifestyle among students in New York who experiment with free love, drugs and rock n roll.
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