Page "Cinema of Germany" Paragraph 17

Having achieved some of its goals, among them the establishment of state funding for the film industry and renewed international recognition for German films, the New German Cinema had begun to show signs of fatigue by the 1980s, even though many of its proponents continued to enjoy individual success.

In addition, the " aesthetic left " nature of New German Cinema ( in the words of the critic Enno Patalas ) no longer coincided with the spirit of the times.