Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan / Robin Wood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wood, Robin, 1931-2009, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--United States--History.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [1986]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Examines and evaluates films produced from the Vietnam War to the presidency of Ronald Reagan in order to define an ideological shift in Hollywood and in American culture. Includes analyses of major directs such as Scorsese, Cimino, and De Palma, the relationship between modern and classical Hollywood, Hollywood's response to feminism, and other topics.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter One. Cards on the Table

Chapter Two. The Chase: Flashback, 1965

Chapter Three. Smart-Ass and Cutie-Pie: Notes Toward the Evaluation of Altman (1975)

Chapter Four. The Incoherent Text: Narrative in the 70s

Chapter Five. The American Nightmare: Horror in the 70s

Chapter Six. Normality and Monsters: The Films of Larry Cohen and George Romero

Chapter Seven. Brian De Palma: The Politics of Castration

Chapter Eight. Papering the Cracks: Fantasy and Ideology in the Reagan Era

Chapter Nine. Horror in the 80s

Chapter Ten. Images and Women

Chapter Eleven. From Buddies to Lovers

Chapter Twelve. Two Films by Martin Scorsese

Chapter Thirteen. Two Films by Michael Cimino

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780231883818

0231883811

OCLC:

1100451310