03087nam 2200649 a 450 991045184540332120210630045948.01-281-15133-51-78034-783-997866111513310-8135-4137-9(CKB)1000000000483380(EBL)328677(OCoLC)476126487(SSID)ssj0000101958(PQKBManifestationID)11127239(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101958(PQKBWorkID)10043852(PQKB)10012999(MiAaPQ)EBC328677(OCoLC)191676101(MdBmJHUP)muse8012(Au-PeEL)EBL328677(CaPaEBR)ebr10214185(CaONFJC)MIL115133(EXLCZ)99100000000048338020060630d2007 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAmerican cinema of the 1970s[electronic resource] themes and variations /edited by Lester D. FriedmanNew Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20071 online resource (301 p.)Screen decadesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8135-4023-2 0-8135-4022-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-265) and index.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; IndexA 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...Screen decades.Motion picturesUnited StatesHistoryMotion picturesUnited StatesPlots, themes, etcElectronic books.Motion picturesHistory.Motion picturesPlots, themes, etc.791.430973/09047Friedman Lester D992647MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451845403321American cinema of the 1970s2453990UNINA