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Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979
David Cook
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Description for Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979
Paperback. Discusses films such as: "Five Easy Pieces"; "Chinatown"; "Carnal Knowledge"; "Straw Dogs"; "A Clockwork Orange"; "Mean Streets"; "The Conversation"; "Nashville"; "Shampoo"; "Taxi Driver"; and, "Apocalypse Now". Series: History of the American Cinema S. Num Pages: 717 pages, 281 b/w photographs, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 178 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1522. American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979. Series: History of the American Cinema S. 717 pages, 281 b&w photographs, 15 tables. Discusses films such as: "Five Easy Pieces"; "Chinatown"; "Carnal Knowledge"; "Straw Dogs"; "A Clockwork Orange"; "Mean Streets"; "The Conversation"; "Nashville"; "Shampoo"; "Taxi Driver"; and, "Apocalypse Now". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; APFA. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 42. Weight: 1440.
The American film industry transformed itself during the 1970s: a new order emerged out of the chaos of the former studio system. A new rating system freed directors to explore serious subjects but allowed for the expansion of exploitation films as well. So while unprecedented social and political commentary emanated from the film-school-trained "New Hollywood" auteurs, the bigger change was the major studios' embrace of sensationalist content, mass advertising, and saturation booking. The methods of fringe exploitation producers became the norm. Some of the films discussed in this book include: Five Easy Pieces, Chinatown, Carnal Knowledge, Straw Dogs, A Clockwork Orange, Mean Streets, The Conversation, Nashville, Shampoo, Taxi Driver, and Apocalypse Now.
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
717
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Series
History of the American Cinema S.
Condition
New
Weight
1350 g
Number of Pages
717
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520232655
SKU
V9780520232655
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About David Cook
David A. Cook is Founding Director of the Film Studies program at Emory University, where he is Professor of Film. He is the author of A History of Narrative Film and the "Motion Picture History" entry in the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Reviews for Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979
"A book of impressive research which eschews vague impressions for a rigorous look at industry documents and publications, among other sources of information.... The breakthrough in Cook's study comes primarily from the ways he figures the interrelation of the two key developments in 1970s American film around auteurism and industry reconsolidation."-Dana Polan, Film Quarterly "David Cook's Lost Illusions is an excellent account of Hollywood in the 1970s-a decade of social upheaval around the world and major transformation in the U.S. movie industry.... His book overflows with useful data, and his lucid account of mainstream entertainment is nicely supplemented by the special chapters by other scholars: Douglas Gomery on exhibition, William Rothman on documentaries, and Robin Blaetz on the avant-garde."-James O. Naremore, author of More than Night: Film Noir in Its Contexts