The 70s are often considered the second golden age of Hollywood. Emboldened by the success of Dennis Hopper’s Easy Riderthat closed out the 60s, many of the studios showed a willingness to entrust young producers, writers and directors to give a whole new voice to cinema.
The result was a unique slate of classics from The Godfather, Rocky, etc. and it’s stark in comparison to previous decades where female-led films like My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music, etc., to name a few.
How they differed from previous greats was through forgoing classicism for a closer association with reality, through more sounds or rock ‘n roll songs instead of scores, through more intimate plots in following a character more than their story and venturing off the sound stage and out into the real world.
