New American Cinema

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New American Cinema was an influential 1960s independent film movement in the United States that rejected Hollywood conventions in favor of low-budget, experimental, and personal filmmaking.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
New American Cinema canonical 13
New American Cinema movement 3
American cinema of the 1960s 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film movement ⓘ
independent film movement ⓘ
aesthetic documentary influences ⓘ
fragmented narrative ⓘ
raw visual style ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
era postwar American cinema ⓘ
focusesOn individual expression ⓘ
marginalized characters ⓘ
social realities ⓘ
urban life ⓘ
hasCharacteristic artistic freedom ⓘ
countercultural themes ⓘ
experimental style ⓘ
formal innovation ⓘ
improvisation ⓘ
location shooting ⓘ
low-budget production ⓘ
non-commercial orientation ⓘ
personal filmmaking ⓘ
political engagement ⓘ
rejection of Hollywood conventions ⓘ
small crews ⓘ
subjective narration ⓘ
use of non-professional actors ⓘ
influenced American avant-garde film ⓘ
American independent cinema ⓘ
New Hollywood ⓘ
underground film ⓘ
influencedBy Beat Generation ⓘ
European art cinema ⓘ
French New Wave ⓘ
Italian Neorealism ⓘ
location United States ⓘ
movementDomain avant-garde film ⓘ
cinema ⓘ
experimental film ⓘ
independent film ⓘ
movementGoal challenge Hollywood studio system ⓘ
create personal cinema ⓘ
expand artistic possibilities of film ⓘ
explore new film language ⓘ
opposedTo big-budget studio productions ⓘ
classical Hollywood narrative ⓘ
relatedTo American New Wave ⓘ
linked to: New Hollywood

New American Cinema Group ⓘ
underground cinema ⓘ
startTime early 1960s ⓘ
temporalLocation 1960s ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Empire (film) → movement → New American Cinema ⓘ
subject linked to: Empire
Pull My Daisy (1959 film) → associatedWith → New American Cinema ⓘ
Amos Vogel → influenced → New American Cinema movement ⓘ
linked to: New American Cinema
American avant-garde → associatedWithMovement → New American Cinema ⓘ
Pamela Duncan → partOf → American cinema of the 1960s ⓘ
linked to: New American Cinema
Flaming Creatures → associatedWith → New American Cinema movement ⓘ
linked to: New American Cinema
Shirley Clarke → movement → New American Cinema ⓘ
Lost Lost Lost → movement → New American Cinema ⓘ
The Brig → associatedMovement → New American Cinema ⓘ
New American Cinema Group → movement → New American Cinema ⓘ
My Hustler → movement → New American Cinema ⓘ
Sleep (1963 film) → movement → New American Cinema ⓘ
subject linked to: Andy Warhol film "Sleep"
Agnès Guillemot → workFocus → New Wave films ⓘ
linked to: New American Cinema
David Holzman’s Diary → era → New American Cinema movement ⓘ
linked to: New American Cinema
Me, Natalie → isPartOf → American cinema of the 1960s ⓘ
subject linked to: Me, Natalie (1969 film)
linked to: New American Cinema