Movies under the Influence / Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Szczepaniak-Gillece, Jocelyn, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drugs in motion pictures.

Motion pictures--United States--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Exploring the effects of intoxicants on film spectatorship, Movies under the Influence charts their entangled histories from early cinema through the psychedelic 1970s. Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece examines the implicit relationship mind-altering substances suggest between mass media, spectatorship, and governmental regulation, offering a new angle from which to understand cinema's lasting role in evolving American culture"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Efficient and erotic pleasures: cigarettes and coffee and the movies

Getting drunk with the movies: exhibition and prohibition

Drowsy drugs: the inside dope on dope

Escape from selfhood: psychedelic exhibition and the escape from self

Conclusion: magic mirror in my hand.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-4529-7138-2