Rock 'n' roll movies
By: David Sterritt
Series: Quick takes: movies and popular culture; Quick takes
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9780813583228; 9780813590073
Subjects: Rock films; History
Description: Rock 'n' Roll Movies presents an eclectic look at the many manifestations of rock in motion pictures, from teen-oriented B-movies to Hollywood blockbusters to avant-garde meditations to reverent biopics to animated shorts to performance documentaries. Acclaimed film critic David Sterritt considers the diverse ways that filmmakers have regarded rock 'n' roll, some cynically cashing in on its popularity and others responding to the music as sincere fans, some depicting rock as harmless fun and others representing it as an open challenge to mainstream norms.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The fabulous 1950s; title: The swinging 1960s; title: The slippery 1970s; title: From the 1980s to now; title: Epilogue: the hits just keep on coming.