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The decade of the 1980s in Western cinema saw the return of studio-driven pictures, coming from the filmmaker-driven New Hollywood era of the 1970s. [1] The period was when the "high concept" picture was established by producer Don Simpson, [2] where films were expected to be easily marketable and understandable.
Cine Artist Film Ted Post (director); Joan Andre (screenplay); Jaclyn Smith , Mike Connors , James Franciscus , Robert Mitchum , Fritz Weaver , Sybil Danning , Belinda Mayne , Michael Anderson Jr. , Tina Menard, Melanie MacQueen
1900s • 1910s • 1920s • 1930s • 1940s • 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s • 2010s • 2020s Pages in category "Lists of 1980s films by genre" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
Film theorist Robert Stam also argues that "art film" is a film genre. He claims that a film is considered to be an art film based on artistic status in the same way film genres can be based on aspects of films such as their budgets (blockbuster films or B-movies) or their star performers (Adam Sandler films). [27]
Industry professionals predicted comedy films and upbeat entertainment to dominate theaters in 1980. This was a response to poor morale in a nation suffering through economic recession, which generally increased theatrical visits as audiences sought escapism and ignored romantic films and depictions of blue-collar life.
The New Hollywood, Hollywood Renaissance, American New Wave, or New American Cinema (not to be confused with the New American Cinema of the 1960s that was part of avant-garde underground cinema [6]), was a movement in American film history from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s, when a new generation of filmmakers came to prominence.
1980s American films (4 C, 3,406 P) L. L.A. Rebellion (17 P) Pages in category "1980s in American cinema" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Film events and films originally released in the 1980s. Film portal; 1980s portal; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; ... 1980s in American cinema (13 C, ... Action film ...