“But a lot of films today are generally less comedic - they try to be more serious.”Īs the 1970s allowed films to be more creative, Shelton believes that mental health represented in film during the period became closer to reality. “Specifically, pre-9/11, just to bring up the heavy topic, you’ll see films like ‘Independence Day,’ which have a lot of humor, despite having alien invasions and humanity being wiped out,” Kocbayindiran said. ” He also sees a shift in tone in modern, post 9/11 movies that have their premises set around war, as he identifies the 1970s and the 2010s as transitional periods for cinema, especially since they emerged from decades of conflict: the Vietnam War in the 1960’s and the war against terror in the 2000s. He thinks that, because ‘70s films were able to take visual creative liberties, they portrayed the horrors of war and the effect of bloodshed on individuals through movies like “Full Metal Jacket. Kocbayindiran believes that another film subject matter that was reimagined in the 1970s was the depiction of war in films.
A lot of internet humor has this breakneck pacing.” “For example, in ‘Blazing Saddles,’ a great comedy from the era which has aged really well. “I can see a lot of humor mimicked today, specifically because of the internet,” Kocbayindiran said. He notes parallels between classics such as “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” and modern flicks like “Hot Fuzz.” “You have these young directors like Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola and many more, and it just became this passion of creativity.”Īccording to junior Niko Kocbayindiran, this creativity during the 1970s led to the rise of absurdist comedy, which still has a large influence on modern films. “By the time we get to the ‘70s, American film is open and free, and it can be whatever you want to be,” Shelton said. As an adolescent during the 1970s, art teacher Jay Shelton remembers going to the theater to watch films during what he describes as a “magic era.” For him, the decade was defined by its creative freedom, with past filmmaking censorship being phased out due to changing societal norms.
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