Rock 'n' Roll Movies / David Sterritt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sterritt, David, author.

Series:

Quick takes.

Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rock films--United States--History--20th century.

Rock films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 149 pages).

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Introduction

1. The Fabulous 1950s

2. The Swinging 1960s

3. The Slippery 1970s

4. From the 1980s to Now

Epilogue: The Hits Just Keep on Coming

Further Reading

Works Cited

Index

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-129) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

9780813583235

0813583233

9780813583242

0813583241

OCLC:

993033139