New Hollywood Era Names

The auteur era rejected the studio system's gloss — and its name polishing. New Hollywood brought real names, raw and unoptimized. How does authenticity score against the algorithm?

The New Hollywood directors (Coppola, Scorsese, Spielberg) favoured authenticity over spectacle — and that extended to names. No more stage name programs. Stars kept what they were born with, for better or worse by the algorithm's measure.