American Cinema of the 1970s - (Screen Decades: American Culture/American Cinema) by Lester D Friedman (Paperback)
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- A smug glance at the seventies--he so-called "Me Decade"--unveils a kaleidoscope of big hair, blaring music, and broken politics--all easy targets for satire, cynicism, and ultimately even nostalgia.
- About the Author: LESTER D. FRIEDMAN is the Senior Scholar-in-Residence in the Media and Society Program at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and the author of numerous books on film.
- 304 Pages
- Performing Arts, Film
- Series Name: Screen Decades: American Culture/American Cinema
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About the Book
A smug glance at the seventies--the so-called "Me Decade"--unveils a kaleidoscope of big hair, blaring music, and broken politics--all easy targets for satire, cynicism, and ultimately even nostalgia. The contributors to this volume look beyond the strobe lights to reveal how profoundly the seventies have influenced American life and how the films of that decade represent a peak moment in cinema history. Bringing together ten original essays, American Cinema of the 1970s examines the range of films that marked the decade, including Jaws, Rocky, Love Story, Shaft, Dirty Harry, The Godfather, Deliverance, The Exorcist, Shampoo, Taxi Driver, Star Wars, Saturday Night Fever, Kramer vs. Kramer, and Apocalypse Now.Book Synopsis
A smug glance at the seventies--he so-called "Me Decade"--unveils a kaleidoscope of big hair, blaring music, and broken politics--all easy targets for satire, cynicism, and ultimately even nostalgia. American Cinema of the 1970s, however, looks beyond the strobe lights to reveal how profoundly the seventies have influenced American life and how the films of that decade represent a peak moment in cinema history. Far from a placid era, the seventies was a decade of social upheavals. Events such as the killing of students at Kent State and Jackson State universities, the Watergate investigations, the legalization of abortion, and the end of the American involvement in Vietnam are only a few among the many landmark occurrences that challenged the foundations of American culture. The director-driven movies of this era reflect this turmoil, experimenting with narrative structures, offering a gallery of scruffy antiheroes, and revising traditional genre conventions. Bringing together ten original essays, American Cinema of the 1970s examines the range of films that marked the decade, including Jaws, Rocky, Love Story, Shaft, Dirty Harry, The Godfather, Deliverance, The Exorcist, Shampoo, Taxi Driver, Star Wars, Saturday Night Fever, Kramer vs. Kramer, and Apocalypse Now .Review Quotes
"There is nothing like this series. Screen Decades firmly situates American cinema in the realms of material culture, popular culture, cultural narrative, reception analysis, and industrial history."
-- "American Quarterly" (3/1/2011 12:00:00 AM)Cinema TodayA Conversation with Thirty-nine Filmmakers from around the WorldElena Oumanocinematic rhythm, cinematic structure, Box: film, auteur, film directors, auteur directors, filmmaking, film and culture, cinema and culture, film and society, cinema and society, filmmakers and filmmaking-- "American Quarterly" (3/1/2011 12:00:00 AM)
About the Author
LESTER D. FRIEDMAN is the Senior Scholar-in-Residence in the Media and Society Program at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and the author of numerous books on film.Dimensions (Overall): 9.22 Inches (H) x 6.48 Inches (W) x .76 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.11 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 304
Series Title: Screen Decades: American Culture/American Cinema
Genre: Performing Arts
Sub-Genre: Film
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Theme: History & Criticism
Format: Paperback
Author: Lester D Friedman
Language: English
Street Date: February 20, 2007
TCIN: 92257184
UPC: 9780813540238
Item Number (DPCI): 247-08-4273
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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