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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451845403321

Titolo

American cinema of the 1970s [[electronic resource] ] : themes and variations / / edited by Lester D. Friedman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2007

ISBN

1-281-15133-5

1-78034-783-9

9786611151331

0-8135-4137-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Collana

Screen decades

Altri autori (Persone)

FriedmanLester D

Disciplina

791.430973/09047

Soggetti

Motion pictures - United States - History

Motion pictures - United States - Plots, themes, etc

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-265) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Timeline: The 1970's; 1970: Movies and the Movement; 1971: Movies and the Exploitation of Excess; 1972: Movies and Confession; 1973: Movies and Legacies of War and Corruption; 1974: Movies and Political Trauma; 1975: Movies and Conflicting Ideologies; 1976: Movies and Cultural Contradictions; 1977: Movies and a Nation in Transformation; 1978: Movies and Changing Times; 1979: Movies and the End of an Era; Select Academy Awards, 1970-1979; Works Cited and Consulted; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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. American Cinema of the 1970's, 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...