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Originally Posted by Ferox13
Studio systems seemed to work alot different back then - directors had alot more control over their films...They were also more willing to take a chance too.
There's no way films like Midnight Cowboy would win oscars now (or something like Easy Rider get nominated)..
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls by Peter Biskind is a good insight into the late 60's early 70's Amercan cinema.
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Ferox is exactly right. In 1948 the Supreme Court struck a major blow against the classical studio system that had dominated hollywood since the 20s. The studio system was, essentially, an illegal monopoly and the Court made them break up. This led to the decline of the studios as the main focus of filmmaking and opened the door for more and more independent productions. add to this the disintegration of the old Production Code 'censorship' system and it means that the 50s and 60s were this wide open period where the inmates ran the asylum. This lasted into the early 80s when Reagan-era conservative values and the 'corporatization' of Hollywood came in and that's what we have today.