After The War A Cross-section Of The American Society

After world war â…¡, leading by the beat movement, the youth rebellion, especially the Counterculture, brought the profound transformation to America as well as the American film. Combined with the literature, the society and the culture, "The Cross Section of American Film After world war â…¡: The Rebel Youth in the American Film" has discussed the perplexity and anger of juniority in the American film, including the BG film and the New Hollywood film. One part of the essay is the analysis of the youth in the BG film based on the beat literature and the teenpic. The other is about the New Hollywood in 1960s, when the counterculture came to the climax. These two parts are connected by the rebellion of the youth, which is the result of times, such as the Cold War, Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement. So the context of the film is one of most important parts of the essay. Similarly, the film history, which figured out the change of film style and recorded every breakthrough of the film, can't be ignored. Therefore the second part of the essay, which is about the New Hollywood, has discussed about eclipse of the studio and its influence. To sum up, the essay is my analysis of the films that are in their particular context.