Mainstream maverick : John Hughes and New Hollywood cinema.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chard, Holly.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hughes, John, 1950-2009.

Hughes, John.

Motion picture authorship.

Motion picture industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 pages)

Place of Publication:

Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2020.

Summary:

"Chard examines the filmmaker Hughes's career in New Hollywood cinema and explores his ability to achieve mainstream success while maintaining creative control over his films and making his name into a brand. She uses his example to question broader understandings of how New Hollywood worked in the 1980s and 1990s and the nature of authorship in filmmaking"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION The Making of “John Hughes”

CHAPTER 1. Building a Brand: Universal (1984–1985)

CHAPTER 2. Realities and Fantasies of Suburban Adolescence

CHAPTER 3. The Creative Producer: Paramount (1985–1987)

CHAPTER 4. Gender, Generation, and Coming-of-Age in 1980s America

CHAPTER 5. Solid Family Fare: Universal (1988–1990) and Warner Bros. (1987–1993)

CHAPTER 6. Pressures of Parenthood and Fantasies of Childhood

CHAPTER 7. Family Film Franchises: 20th Century Fox (1989–1997)

CHAPTER 8. Slapstick, Sentimentality, and the American Family

CONCLUSION Mainstream Maverick?

NOTES

INDEX

ISBN:

9781477321317

1477321314

OCLC:

1266228967