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Ancillary points: profits that don't come from the theater (i.e. home video, action figures, etc)
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Blockbusters: picture that wipes out the competition
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Bonnie & Clyde: first New Hollywood film; highly influenced by New Wave; had unprecedented on-screen violence
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Christopher Vogler: suggests that studios use myth as a story formula
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Cinemascope: a format of widescreen that is anamorphic
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Cinerama: a format of widescreen using a three-camera, curved screen
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Do the Right Thing: film by Spike Lee that premieres at Cannes Film Festival. Causes tremendous controversy
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East Coast Contract: allows companies on the East Coast to buy movies
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Film Market: where serious buyers come and try to get a good movie for their production company
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George Lucas: director of Star Wars; used Hero with a Thousand Faces to construct SW.
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Gone with the Wind: the highest grossing domestic movie of all time; adjusted for inflation
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Happy, Texas: film bought by Miramax; it bombs
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Harvey Weinstein: creator of Miramax along with his brother Bob
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Heaven's Gate: a movie by Michael Cimino that was an expensive flop
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Independent film: any film financed outside the studio system
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Jaws: first successful wide release distribution; started the trend of the summer blockbuster. focus shift: story, suspense, external conflict
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Jim Jarmusch: directed Stranger than Paradise; attended NYU
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Joseph Campbell: wrote The Hero with a Thousand Faces
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Miramax: studio that buys great movies and distributes them into the theaters
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Motion Picture Production Code: motion pictures are protected by First Amendment
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New Hollywood: era where there was darker, critical of mainstream culture; intellectual, foucsed on psychological conflict
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One from the Heart: a movie by Francis Ford Coppola that was an expensive flop
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Ronald Reagan: during his time in office, there was a conservative wave across America
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sex, lies, and videotape: film by Steven Soderberg that premiered in Sundance; grosses nearly $100 million for Miramax in theatrical distribution
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Spike Lee: great filmmaker; directed She's Gotta Have It (first feature) and Do the Right Thing
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Star Wars: Lucas's endeavor of making a modern myth film; becomes best film series ever
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Steven Soderberg: made sex, lies and videotape
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Steven Spielberg: best director ever; directed Jaws
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Stranger than Paradise: film by Jim Jarmusch; anti-narrative filmed in NY, Cleveland, FL. very paced movie; feels long with a cast of 3
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Sundance Film Festival: the place for Hollywood to discover valuable independent films
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Television: the first commercial TV first widely became available in 1948; had Arthouse and Drive-Ins and caused a big spectale- Ben Hur & big musicals
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The Hero With a Thousand Faces: book by Joseph Campbell; all humans cultures share restorative hero myths
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VistaVision: a format of widescreen using a horizontal 35mm frame
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VOD: video on demand
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Warren Beatty: produced & starred in Bonnie & Clyde
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Widescreen: comes in 65mm & 70mm film stocks; standardized at 1.85:1