1980s in film: Difference between revisions

The decade of the '''1980s''' in [[Western world|Western]] cinema saw the return of studio-driven pictures, coming from the filmmaker-driven [[New Hollywood]] era of the 1970s.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ebert, Roger|author2=Bordwell, David|title=Awake in the Dark: The Best of Roger Ebert|date=2008|publisher=The University of Chicago Press|location=Chicago and London|isbn=978-0226182018|page=xvii|edition=Paperback|quote=In his pluralism, [Roger] Ebert proved a more authentic cinephile than many of his contemporaries. They tied their fortunes to the Film Brats and then suffered the inevitable disappointments of the 1980s return to studio-driven pictures.}}</ref> The period was when the "[[high concept]]" picture was created by producer [[Don Simpson]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Fleming|first=Charles|title=High concept: Don Simpson and the Hollywood culture of excess|year=1998|publisher=Doubleday|isbn=978-0-385-48694-1|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/highconceptdonsi00flem_0}}</ref>, where films were expected to be easily marketable and understandable. Therefore, they had short cinematic [[Plot (narrative)|plots]] that could be summarized in one or two sentences. ThisSince its existence, this approach has become the most popular formula for modern Hollywood [[Blockbuster (entertainment)|blockbusters]] from its creation onwards. At the same time in [[Eastern world|Eastern]] cinema, the [[Cinema of Hong Kong|Hong Kong film industry]] entered a boom period that significantly elevated its prominence in the international market.