ABSTRACT
In the 1960s, the Hollywood Studio System, which was dominated by the institutions of the classic phase, was facing financial collapse. The shift in audience tastes led to a series of temporary changes in the way Hollywood film was produced and distributed: the big budget trend was halted, the importance of the youth – rather than an older or family – market was recognised and film production reflected a more open approach to form and content. As the dominant global film institution, the censorship system of Hollywood – the Production Code Administration, popularly known as the Hays Code – has been the most influential and the one most familiar to audiences. One of the key sub-genres of Hollywood in the 1970s was the political crime film. The subject matter of the films includes the explicitly political, such as corruption at government level which leads to assassinations and cover-ups.
