DECADE UNDER THE INFLUENCE (DVD) DVD

A Decade Under the Influence
In the late '60s, American culture experienced a period of change as the youth movement challenged conventional attitudes about politics, sex, drugs, and gender issues, while the advancement of the Vietnam War found many citizens questioning the actions and wisdom of their government for the first time. As American attitudes continued to evolve, so did the American film industry; as costly big-budget blockbusters nearly brought the major studios to the brink of collapse, smaller and more personal films such as Bonnie and Clyde, Easy Rider, and Five Easy Pieces demonstrated there was a ready audience for bold and challenging entertainment. As the '60s faded into the 1970s, American cinema moved into an exciting period of creativity and stylistic innovation, which led to such landmark films as The Godfather, MASH, The Last Picture Show, Shampoo, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Chinatown, and Taxi Driver, and new freedom for directors and screenwriters. Ironically, however, it was another pair of big-budget blockbusters directed by students of the new wave of filmmaking -- Jaws and Star Wars -- which brought the studios back to power and put an end to Hollywood's flirtation with offbeat creativity. A Decade Under the Influence is a documentary which explores the rise and fall of new American filmmaking in the 1970s, and features interviews with many of the key directors, screenwriters, and actors whose work typified the movement, including Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Altman, Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, Roger Corman, Dennis Hopper, Jon Voight, and Julie Christie. A Decade Under the Influence received its world premier at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival, and an expanded version of the film was later shown on the premium cable outlet The Independent Film Channel; the documentary was the final work of co-director Ted Demme, who died shortly before the film was completed. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast Martin Scorsese as Francis Ford Coppola as Robert Altman as Peter Bogdanovich as Ellen Burstyn as Julie Christie as Dennis Hopper as Sidney Lumet as Milos Forman as Robert Towne as Sydney Pollack as Paul Schrader as Pam Grier as William Friedkin as Bruce Dern as Roger Corman as Mike Medavoy as Polly Platt as Jerry Schatzberg as Roy Scheider as Jon Voight as Paul Mazursky as John Calley as John G. Avildsen as Marshall Brickman as Richard LaGravenese as interviewer Ted Demme as interviewer Alexander Payne as Interviewer Neil LaBute as interviewer Scott Frank as interviewer Michael De Luca as interviewer Steven Soderbergh as Stephen Schiff as Mark Riley as interviewer Jim V. Hart as interviewer Robert Mark Kamen as interviewer Steven Schiff as interviewer

Crew Vivian Connoly - Associate Producer John Miller-Monzon - Associate Producer Ted Demme - Director Richard LaGravenese - Director Meg Reticker - Editor Caroline Kaplan - Executive Producer Jonathan Sehring - Executive Producer Alison Palmer Bourke - Executive Producer John Kimbrough - Composer (Music Score) Clyde Smith - Cinematographer Anthony Janelli - Cinematographer Jerry Kupfer - Producer Gini Reticker - Producer Richard LaGravenese - Producer Ted Demme - Producer Tania McKeown - Research John Miller-Monzon - Research Andy Kris - Sound/Sound Designer

A Decade Under the Influence
(not reviewed)
 

Richard LaGravenese: National Board of Review, William K. Everson Award for Film History (winner) Ted Demme: National Board of Review, William K. Everson Award for Film History (winner)

General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: Sound Processing: DD2: Dolby Digital Stereo Additional Features: Additional interview footage with Robert Altman, Francis Ford Coppola, Peter Bogdanovich, Sidney Lumet, Roy Scheider, and others Filmmaker bios Interactive menus Scene selection MPAA Rating: DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: Content Length: 180 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Introduction [7:47] 2. A Minor Revolution [12:21] 3. The Low Budget Film [7:14] 4. The New Hollywood [10:28] 5. Counterculture Film [10:29] 6. A New Way of Seeing [6:31] 1. Introduction [7:12] 2. Director's Choice [8:56] 3. Low Expectations [7:59] 4. The New Movie Star [8:36] 5. Women's New Role [9:41] 6. Political Commentary [8:26] 1. Introduction [9:30] 2. Post War Cinema [8:02] 3. Anti-Establishment Film [4:54] 4. Escapism [5:45] 5. The Excesses of Hollywood [8:45] 6. The New Independent Movement [8:52]