write a paper that combines original analysis and historical and/or theoretical

write a paper that combines original analysis and historical and/or
theoretical research to provide a compelling argument about New Hollywood Cinema. The subject and
trajectory of the final paper will ultimately be up to you, but it should accomplish three general goals:
1. Provide original analysis of one or more film (and/or print) texts, at least one of which has not been
screened nor discussed at length in peer presentations. ( Films screened and discussed are as follows – Targets (Peter Bogdanovich, 1968, 90m), Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger, 1969, 113m), Five Easy Pieces (Bob Rafelson, 1970, 98m), McCabe & Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971, 121m), Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975, 125m, Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976, 114m), Medium Cool (Haskell Wexler, 1969, 110m), The Parallax View (Alan J. Pakula, 1974, 102m, Carrie (Brian De Palma, 1976, 98m), Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970, 102m), Deliverance, Zabrinski Point.
2. Use a variety of (primary and) secondary sources to support and enrich your analysis.
3. Discuss the films in light of ideas, theories, and/or historical trends examined in our class this
semester. Mainly, 1960-1970s New Hollywood Cinema movement, auteurs, Todd Berliner on the poetics of seventies cinema.
adopt poetics as your general
approach. (Refer back to the Berliner book for a definition of poetics as an analytical framework.)