{"product_id":"rock-n-roll-movies-quick-takes-movies-popular-culture-9780813583228","title":"Rock n Roll Movies Quick Takes Movies  Popular","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book offers an eclectic look at how rock ‘n’ roll and its fans have been represented in B-movies, blockbusters, biopics, documentaries, and experimental films. David Sterritt explores how rock ‘n’ roll movies kept pace with rapidly changing musical trends, helping to fuel a worldwide revolution in youth culture.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The rock ‘n’ roll movie made its inauspicious debut in 1955 when a second-rate rockabilly record by Bill Haley and the Comets played ironically over the opening credits of the earnest melodrama, \u003ci\u003eBlackboard Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e. But as David Sterritt thoroughly and engagingly shows us, the movie industry soon produced a kaleidoscopic array of variations on the theme. Rock ‘n’ roll has dominated flashy fan pics, thoughtful documentaries, avant-garde obscurities, and bizarre animated films, but also monuments from auteurs like Martin Scorsese. They’re all here in this highly readable little book.\" -- Krin Gabbard * author of Jammin’ at the Margins: Jazz and the American Cinema *\u003cbr\u003e\"Brandishing expert chops in the rhythms of rock and the grammar of cinema, film critic David Sterritt is uniquely qualified to illuminate the beautiful music made by the merging of two great American art forms.  Never less than fascinating, \u003ci\u003eRock ‘n’ Roll Movies\u003c\/i\u003e offers an all-access backstage pass to the production backbeats and cultural meanings of a gleaming motion picture jukebox stacked with pop musicals, band biopics, star vehicles, concert films, rock docs, and mock-rock docs.\" -- Thomas Doherty * Brandeis University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e 1 The Fabulous 1950s 6\u003cbr\u003e 2 The Swinging 1960s 23\u003cbr\u003e 3 The Slippery 1970s 73\u003cbr\u003e 4 From the 1980s to Now 113\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: The Hits Just Keep on Coming 118\u003cbr\u003e Further Reading 121\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited 123\u003cbr\u003e Index 131","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405790454103,"sku":"9780813583228","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813583228.jpg?v=1730493630","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rock-n-roll-movies-quick-takes-movies-popular-culture-9780813583228","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}