Hoodlum movies : seriality and the outlaw biker film cycle, 1966-1972 / Peter Stanfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stanfield, Peter, 1958- author.

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures.

Motorcycle films.

Motorcycle films--History and criticism.

Motion pictures--20th century--History and criticism.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

ix, 200 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Hoodlum Movies focuses on why and how these films were made, who they were made for, and how the cycle developed through the second half of the 1960s. Despised by critics, but welcomed by exhibitors denied first-run films, these cheaply and quickly produced movies were produced to appeal to audiences of mobile youths until 1972.

Contents:

Introduction: hoodlum poses and gestures

Strange excitements: the topical and the sensational

Getting out of town: the cycle unfolds

After Easy rider: modulations and curious combinations

Nazi satanists, Viet vets and M'cycle mamas (and other such pulp delights)

Conclusion: buried in the sand forever.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780813599021

0813599024

9780813599014

0813599016

OCLC:

1005186646