Anderson Herald in Anderson, Indiana

Evolution of Hollywood film making from the 1960s to 1980s

The piece surveys shifts in film content and form from the 1960s through the 1980s including changes to censorship, explicit sexuality, violence, and nudity, the rise of new techniques, and the impact of directors and stars. It notes landmark works like Blow-Up and Bonnie and Clyde, the end of the Hays Code, and the growing roles for Black actors and African American stories.