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Question
2
1/1pts
During
what
period
does
Thomas
Schatz
locate
the
“New
Hollywood,"
which
for
him,
is
not
a
synonym
for
the
"Hollywood
Renaissance"?
HINT:
For
Schatz,
the
New
Hollywood
began
this
year
with
Jaws.
1975-present
Answer:
D.
On
page
9,
Schatz
states,
“The
blockbuster
syndrome
went
into
high
gear
in
the
mid-1970s,
despite
(and
in
some
ways
because
of)
the
concurrent
emergence
of
competing
media
technologies
and
new
delivery
systems,
notably
pay-cable
TV
and
home
video
(VCRs).
This
was
the
first
period
of
sustained
economic
vitality
and
industry
stability
since
the
classical
era.
Thus,
this
post-
1975
era
best
warrants
the
term
‘the
New
Hollywood,
and
for
essentially
the
same
reasons
associated
[with]
the
classical
era.
Both
terms
connote
not
only
specific
historical
periods,
but
also
characteristic
qualities
of
the
movie
industry
at
the
time—particularly
its
economic
and
institutional
structure,
its
mode
of
production,
and
its
system
of
narrative
conventions.”
