In When the Movies Mattered Jonathan Kirshner and Jon Lewis gather
a remarkable collection of authors to revisit the unique era in
American cinema that was New Hollywood. Ten eminent contributors,
some of whom wrote about the New Hollywood movement as it unfolded
across the 1960s and 1970s, assess the convergence of film-industry
developments and momentous social and political changes that
created a new type of commercial film that reflected those
revolutionary influences in American life. Even as New Hollywood
first took shape, film industry insiders and commentators alike
realized its significance. At the time, Pauline Kael compared the
New Hollywood to the "tangled, bitter flowering of American letters
in the 1850s" and David Thomson dubbed the era "the decade when
movies mattered." Thomson's words provide the impetus for this
volume in which a cohort of seasoned film critics and scholars who
came of age watching the movies of this era reflect upon and
reconsider this golden age in American filmmaking. Contributors:
Molly Haskell, Heather Hendershot, J. Hoberman, George Kouvaros,
Phillip Lopate, Robert Pippin, David Sterritt, David Thomson
General
Imprint: |
Cornell University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 2019 |
First published: |
2019 |
Editors: |
Jonathan Kirshner
(Stephen and Barbara Friedman Professor of International Political Economy)
• Jon Lewis
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
224 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5017-3609-4 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-5017-3609-4 |
Barcode: |
9781501736094 |
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