The New American Cinema

Provides a comprehensive survey of Hollywood and independent films from the mid-60s. This title focuses on the economics of the industry, and looks at the connection between the film business and the finished product. It is a mix of industrial process and artistic inspiration that comprises American moviemaking, and is for students and teachers.

Autorentext
Jon Lewis, ed.

Klappentext
"This definitive reader-anthology is distinguished by the reputation of its contributors and the intelligence and relevance of their essays."--Dana Polan, author "of Power and Paranoia: History, Narrative, and the American Cinema, 1940-1950"

Zusammenfassung
Offers a collection of essays that provides the comprehensive survey of Hollywood and independent films from the mid-60s the present. This title brings together thirteen leading film scholars who present a range of theoretical, critical, and historical perspectives on this rich and pivotal era in American cinema.

Inhalt
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction / Jon Lewis 1
Movies and Money
Auteur Cinema and the "Film Generation" in 1970s Hollywood / David A. Cook 11
Auteurs and the New Hollywood / Timothy Corrigan 38
From Roadshowing to Saturation Release: Majors, Independents, and Marketing/Distribution Innovations / Justin Wyatt 64
Money Matters: Hollywood in the Corporate Era / Jon Lewis 87
Cinema and Culture
A Rose Is a Rose? Real Women and a Lost War / Tania Modleski 125
From Pillar to Postmodern: Race, Class, and Gender in the male Rampage Film / Fred Pfeil 146
Your Self Storage: Female Investigation and Male Performativity in the Woman's Psychothriller / Sabrina Barton 187
Conspiracy Theory and Political Murder in America: Oliver Stone's JFK and the Facts of the Matter / Christopher Sharrett 217
Zooming Out: The End of Offscreen Space / Scott Bukatman 248
Independents and Independence
John Cassavetes: Amateur Director / Ivone Margulies 275
Independent Features: Hopes and Dreams / Chuck Kleinhans 307
A Circus of Dreams and Lies: The Black Film Wave at Middle Age / Ed Guerrero 328
Culture as Fiction: The Ethnographic Impulse in the Films of Peggy Ahwesh, Su Friedrich, and Leslie Thornton / Catherine Russell 353
Selective Bibliography 379
Contributors 387
Index 389

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