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The New American Cinema (Paperback, New)
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This collection of essays provides the first comprehensive survey
of Hollywood and independent films from the mid-sixties to the
present. Deliberately eclectic and panoramic, The New American
Cinema 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. The essays are divided
into three sections: "Movies and Money," "Cinema and Culture," and
"Independents and Independence." The first section focuses on the
economics of the industry and analyzes the connection between the
film business and the finished product. Topics include a look at
the economic conditions that made the seventies' auteur renaissance
possible, the distribution of studio and independent films, and the
recent spate of mergers and acquisitions that have come to
characterize the new Hollywood. The second part of The New American
Cinema deals with the political and cultural significance of war
and Vietnam films (Platoon, Apocalypse Now, Born on the Fourth of
July); "male rampage" films (Rambo, Lethal Weapon, Die Hard);
women's psychothrillers (The Silence of the Lambs); special effects
pictures (2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Wars); and historical
re-presentations (Oliver Stone's JFK). The final section casts a
keen eye on films produced and exhibited outside the commercial
mainstream, examining the financial realities of "indie" films; the
influence of independent filmmaker John Cassavetes on Coppola,
Altman, and Scorsese; the stereotyping of African Americans in
mainstream cinema; and the films of independent women filmmakers.
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