Description |
vii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-252) and index. |
Contents |
As Hollywood turned : expansion, exhibition, codes, and directors at mid-decade -- A new audience for the now movie : film societies, the college campus, the American Film Institute and making film art -- The graduate : representing a generation -- Alice's restaurant : constructing hippie folk and legitimizing revolutionary distinction -- Back in the saddle again : men, westerns, hippies, and Easy rider -- Under the influence : representing masculinity in Midnight cowboy -- No icon left unturned : M*A*S*H and the project of antiestablishment -- Out of the saddle, into the seventies : gender in McCabe and Mrs. Miller -- What's sex got to do with it? Carnal knowledge and the delusion of telling it like it is -- Forever native: Penn's new authentics in Little Big Man -- The Godfather films as America -- Conclusion : cinematic anarchists go generic. |
Summary |
"This study examines changes in the American film industry, audiences, and feature films during 1965-1975. With transformations in production codes, adjustments in national narratives, a rise in independent filmmaking, and a new generation of directors and producers addressing controversial issues on the mainstream screen, film was part of the processes of social change that defined these years"--Provided by publisher. |
Subject |
Motion pictures -- United States -- History.
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Motion pictures. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects. |
ISBN |
9780786433414 softcover alkaline paper |
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0786433418 softcover alkaline paper |
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