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.
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Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan
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Table of contents
- 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
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