{"product_id":"lost-illusions-9780520232655","title":"Lost Illusions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscusses films such as: \"Five Easy Pieces\"; \"Chinatown\"; \"Carnal Knowledge\"; \"Straw Dogs\"; \"A Clockwork Orange\"; \"Mean Streets\"; \"The Conversation\"; \"Nashville\"; \"Shampoo\"; \"Taxi Driver\"; and, \"Apocalypse Now\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A book of impressive research which eschews vague impressions for a rigorous look at industry documents and publications, among other sources of information.... The breakthrough in Cook's study comes primarily from the ways he figures the interrelation of the two key developments in 1970s American film around auteurism and industry reconsolidation.\"-Dana Polan, Film Quarterly \"David Cook's Lost Illusions is an excellent account of Hollywood in the 1970s-a decade of social upheaval around the world and major transformation in the U.S. movie industry.... His book overflows with useful data, and his lucid account of mainstream entertainment is nicely supplemented by the special chapters by other scholars: Douglas Gomery on exhibition, William Rothman on documentaries, and Robin Blaetz on the avant-garde.\"-James O. Naremore, author of More than Night: Film Noir in Its Contexts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Contents\u003cbr\u003e Preface: A Time of Illusion\u003cbr\u003e A Note on Box-Office Revenues\u003cbr\u003e A Note on Aspect Ratios\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1 Introduction: A Decade of Change\u003cbr\u003e 2 Formative Industry Trends, 1970--1979\u003cbr\u003e 3 Manufacturing the Blockbuster:\u003cbr\u003e The \"Newest Art Form of the Twentieth Century\"\u003cbr\u003e 4 The Auteur Cinema: Directors and Directions\u003cbr\u003e in the \"Hollywood Renaissance\"\u003cbr\u003e 5 Genres 1: Revision, Transformation, and Revival\u003cbr\u003e 6 Genres II: Exploitation and Allusion\u003cbr\u003e 7 Orders of Magnitude I: Majors, Mini-Majors,\u003cbr\u003e \"Instant Majors,\" and Independents\u003cbr\u003e 8 Orders of Magnitude II: Costs, Agents, Stars\u003cbr\u003e 9 Technological Innovation and Aesthetic Response\u003cbr\u003e 10 Motion Picture Exhibition in 1970s America\u003cbr\u003e Douglas Gornery\u003cbr\u003e 11 Looking Back and Turning Inward:\u003cbr\u003e American Documentary Films of the Seventies\u003cbr\u003e William Rothman\u003cbr\u003e 12 Avant-Garde Cinema of the Seventies\u003cbr\u003e Robin Blaetz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Avant-Garde Cinema Filmography\u003cbr\u003e Appendixes:\u003cbr\u003e APPENDIX 1 ANNUAL U.S. BOX OFFICE RECEIPTS, 1970-1979\u003cbr\u003e APPENDIX 2 AVERAGE WEEKLY ATTENDANCE, 1970-1980\u003cbr\u003e APPENDIX 3 INFLATION 1970-1g8o, ACCORDING TO \"CONSUMER PRICE INDEX\"\u003cbr\u003e FIGURES COMPILED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMEHCE\u003cbr\u003e APPENDIX 4 AVERAGE TICKET PRICE IN THE U.S. EACH YEAR, 1970-1980\u003cbr\u003e APPENDIX 5 NUMBER OF MOVIE THEATERS IN THE U.S., 1970-1980\u003cbr\u003e APPENDIX 6 MAJOR COMPANY SHARE OF NEW RELEASES HANDLED BY\u003cbr\u003e NATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS, 1970-1980\u003cbr\u003e APPENDIX 7 MARKET DOMINATION BY SIX LEADING DISTRIBUTORS OF\u003cbr\u003e THEATRICAL FILMS, 1977 AND 1980\u003cbr\u003e APPENDIX 8 MARKETING EXPENSES FOR MAJOR RELEASES, 1970-1980\u003cbr\u003e APPENDIX 9 MAJOR STUDIO REVENUES AND AFTER-TAX PROFITS, 1970-1980\u003cbr\u003e APPENDIX 10 LATE SIXTIES FLOPS\u003cbr\u003e APPENDIX 11 HIT MOVIES OF THE 1968-1969 SEASON\u003cbr\u003e APPENDIX 12 TOP TwENTY RENTAL FILMS, 1970-1980\u003cbr\u003e APPENDIX 13 NORTH AMERICAN RENTALS IN EXCESS OF $22.25\u003cbr\u003e MILLION, 1970-1980\u003cbr\u003e APPENDIX 14 MAJOR ACADEMY AWARDS, 1970-1980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Picture Sources\u003cbr\u003e General Index\u003cbr\u003e Index of Films","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402816495959,"sku":"9780520232655","price":36.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520232655.jpg?v=1730481589","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lost-illusions-9780520232655","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}