1. Movies in the 60s The End of the Hollywood Studio System The Era of Independent, Underground Cinema

2. Content timeline

3. The 60s decade of – Fun – Fashion – rock 'n' roll – tremendous social changes (e.g. the civil rights era and marches) – transitional cultural values

4. Events 1962 - Death of Marilyn Monroe 1962 - First TV broadcasts in color movie audiences declining due to the dominance of television 1963 worst year for US film production in fifty years

5. Changes New creative trends Rising importance of the director as a scriptwriter Movies dealt with political issues and became socially critical Most European movies from France and Italy

6. Changes Suspension of Hays code - restricted the representation of immoral scenes Nouvelle Vague – French trend to a new type of unpredictable movies Free cinema – English trend of documenta movies New Hollywood – US trend of critical of society movies

7. References http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filmgeschichte# Neue_Wellen_.281960er_und_1970er_Jahre. 29