Episode 7: The Second Wave of Adolescence
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People of Earth, welcome! Don't forget to leave a review for this episode, tell a friend, and follow us on social media. All the links are below! This week, Marc and Pete discuss the new Mortal Kombat movie and violence in media before diving into The American New Wave. This is an era we think can be best described as "Film's Adolescence." Gone are the days of the Hays Code and here are the days of Haze Strains, because its sex, drugs and Rock N' Roll, Baby! We discuss The Graduate, Easy Rider, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and the emergence of Method Acting and American Auteur directors. Finally, we talk about how people might misinterpret this movement as only about the explicit content of sex and violence, but more as a statement on how the world was, where it was going, and trying to answer questions most people didn't even care to think about.  It's time to throw that fist in the air and tell The Man he's a square, because its Guerilla Film History NOW! Twitter: @gfilmhistorynow Instagram: @gfilmhistorynow --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/g-film-history-now/message
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