A Wave of Their Own
How Jewish Filmmakers Invented the New Hollywood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6152671 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brook (0000-0002-1005-1245, corresponding author), Brook Brooks (corresponding author), Brook Brook (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 48-48 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Jewish Film & New Media An International Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2169-0324 • E-ISSN: 2169-0332 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.13110/jewifilmnewmedi.7.1.0048 |
| OpenAlex | W3148418538 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The Jewish New Wave in American film of the 1960s and 1970s is old news as far as actors (Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, Woody Allen, Richard Dreyfuss, et al.) are concerned. What has been almost totally neglected is the even more overarching if not definitive contribution of Jewish directors to the formation of the New Hollywood (1967–1980) writ large. This article explores the main factors behind this remarkable influence and examines in greater detail some of the primary figures behind it: Arthur Penn, Mike Nichols, Stanley Kubrick, Sidney Lumet, and Woody Allen. These filmmakers’ work not only played a seminal role in the emergence of the New Hollywood but, the article argues, Jewish elements—some explicit, others subtextual—are clearly discernible as well
Archaeology · Art · Art history · French New Wave · Hollywood · Judaism · Movie theater · Political science · Sociology · Writ · Cinema and Media Studies · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |