LEADER 03480nam 2200481 450 001 9910798505503321 005 20230808195038.0 010 $a1-4773-0972-1 024 7 $a10.7560/717794 035 $a(CKB)3710000000841985 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4770566 035 $a(DE-B1597)586878 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781477309728 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000841985 100 $a20170109h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aFade to gray $eaging in American cinema /$fTimothy Shary and Nancy McVittie 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aAustin, Texas :$cUniversity of Texas Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (288 pages) $cillustrations, photographs 311 $a0-292-71779-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction -- $tChapter One. Generational Conflict in Prewar Hollywood Film -- $tChapter Two. The Sensational Specter of Aging -- $tChapter Three. The Horrific and the Hilarious -- $tChapter Four. The Emergence of the Elder Odyssey -- $tChapter Five. The Repression and Release of Old Romance -- $tChapter Six. Deceptions and Delusions of Elder Death -- $tConclusion -- $tAppendix A. Filmography of Significant Elder Roles in American Cinema -- $tAppendix B. Subject Lists of Elder Films -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aAmericans are living longer and reinventing both work and retirement, but Hollywood movies barely hint at this reality of contemporary society. In many popular films, older characters fade into irrelevance, inactivity, or absurdity, or else they stay in the background as wise elders while younger characters provide the action. Most American films do not attempt to portray the rich variety of experiences or the sensitive aging issues that people confront in the years beyond fifty. Fade to Gray offers one of the first extended studies of the portrayal of older people in American cinema from the silent era to the present. Writing in an accessible style for both general audiences and scholars, Timothy Shary and Nancy McVittie examine social attitudes toward aging through an analysis of hundreds of individual films, including such classics as You Can?t Take It With You (1938), Rosemary?s Baby (1968), Grumpy Old Men (1993), and Nebraska (2013). They show how representations of the aging process and depictions of older people embracing or enduring the various experiences of longer lives have evolved over the past century, as well as how film industry practices have both reflected and influenced perceptions of aging in American society. Exposing the social and political motivations for negative cinematic portrayals of the elderly, Fade to Gray also gives visibility to films that provide opportunities for better understanding and appreciation of the aged and the aging process. 606 $aAging in motion pictures 606 $aMotion pictures$zUnited States 615 0$aAging in motion pictures. 615 0$aMotion pictures 676 $a791.43/654 700 $aShary$b Timothy$f1967-$01496314 702 $aMcVittie$b Nancy$f1980- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910798505503321 996 $aFade to gray$93757019 997 $aUNINA