Description
Book SynopsisHoodlum Movies focuses on why and how these films were made, who they were made for, and how the cycle developed through the second half of the 1960s. Despised by critics, but welcomed by exhibitors denied first-run films, these cheaply and quickly produced movies were produced to appeal to audiences of mobile youths until 1972.
Trade Review"No one has gone as far as Stanfield in conceptualizing the notion of the film 'cycle.'
Hoodlum Movies is a strong, interesting, and original look at the biker genre, an understudied set of films." -- William Straw * author of Cyanide and Sin: Visualizing Crime in 50's America *
"Chronicle of Higher Education New Scholarly Books Weekly Book List," compiled by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *
"When Peter Stanfield publishes a book, it’s a cult cinephile’s cause for celebration. Outside of the woefully out-of-print
Big Book of Biker Movies, this is the best work on the subgenre yet." * Bookgasm *
"When Peter Stanfield publishes a book, it’s a cult cinephile’s cause for celebration. Outside of the woefully out-of-print
Big Book of Biker Movies, this is the best work on the subgenre yet." * Flick Attack *
Table of ContentsContents
Introduction: hoodlum poses and gestures
1 Strange Excitements: the topical and the sensational
2 Getting Out of Town: the cycle unfolds
3 After Easy Rider: modulations and curious combinations
4 Nazi Satanists, Viet Vets and M’cycle Mamas (and other such pulp delights)
Conclusion: buried in the sand forever
Acknowledgments
Index
