Easy Riders and Raging Bulls

New Hollywood was a great time for the directors and actors; it was the heyday of 'sex, drugs, rock and roll'. The baby boomers had taken over Hollywood, one of the first new Hollywood films was bonnie and Clyde. Roger Corman was responsible for developing the 'B movies' that allowed directors to make low budget films. Bert Schneider developed the idea of youth programmes such as the monkees, this moved onto the big screen in films such as easy rider which were aimed directly at a younger audience. Godfather was one of the first to be premiered nationwide on one day and made the most money on the first night, making 80 million. The new Hollywood directors were developing a society had built up at Malibu beach where a number of directors all lived, they advised each other and bounced ideas around. Cocaine became a problem it was used as a tool for inspiration but it lead to many unfortunate deaths. Jaws were the first 'blockbuster' movie it made 100 billion dollars. The introduction of blockbusters meant that gross became the important thing. Directors like Steven Spielberg and George Lucas rose to prominence and through their blockbusters the new age of Hollywood was killed, the last film that was truly new Hollywood was Raging bulls. Films that were part of new Hollywood include; bonnie and Clyde, easy rider, last movie, godfather, M*A*S*H, American graffiti, exorcist, jaws and raging bulls.