Hollywood film 1963-1976
Subtitle: years of revolution and reaction
By: Drew Casper
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9781405188272; 9781405188289
Subjects: Motion pictures; History
Description: "Drew Casper's Hollywood 1963-1976: Years of Revolution and Reaction chronicles the upheaval and innovation that took place in the American film industry during an era of overarching cultural tumult. Exploring the many ideologies embraced by an increasingly diverse Hollywood, he pays long overdue attention to brilliant but overlooked films that don't square with the period's accepted liberal narrative, defining a new canon in the process. Broad overview and analysis of one of American film's most important and innovative periods new, more expansive take on accepted canon of the inclusion of films expressing ideologies contrary to the misremembered leftist slant full exploration, contextualization of the dominant genres of the 60s and 70s"--

"Hollywood 1963-1976: Years of Revolution and Reaction is a comprehensive study of one of the most tumultuous eras in American film, chronicling the collapse of the studio system, the rise of the auteur, and the birth of the blockbuster. Drew Caspers maximalist review draws wide and varied examples from an expanded canon to discuss technological innovations, changing standards of censorship, and the broad spectrum of ideologies that found their way onto the reel, mirroring the nation's own divided and frequently schizophrenic politics"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-345) and index.