{"product_id":"the-limits-of-auteurism-case-studies-in-the-critically-constructed-new-hollywood-9780813589145","title":"The Limits of Auteurism  Case Studies in the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe New Hollywood era of the late 1960s and early 1970s has become one of the most romanticized periods in motion picture history. \u003ci\u003eThe Limits of Auteurism\u003c\/i\u003e challenges many of these assumptions. The book explores how distribution and critical reception determined the parameters of the New Hollywood canon.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Limits of Auteurism\u003c\/i\u003e is a completely new interpretation of the New Hollywood as a period and as an industrial\/aesthetic phenomenon. Godfrey's scholarship is very nearly exhaustive, and his writing exquisite and cogently organized.\" -- David Cook * author of Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979 *\u003cbr\u003e\"Godfrey moves with skill between the landmarks of New Hollywood, plotting novel routes, excursions and detours in order to give us a masterly and compelling guide to the era’s films.\" -- Peter Stanfield * author of Hoodlum Movies: Seriality and the Outlaw Biker Film Cycle, 1966-1972 *\u003cbr\u003e\"For those who are interested in the New Hollywood period and American cinema, this is a book that contributes usefully to the body of scholarship on this fertile time. One of its strengths is the way in which it balances its academic preoccupations with general accessibility, facilitated through writing that elucidates rather than obscures. Godfrey’s panoramic view of cinematic creation – from production conditions, to textual features, to historical reference, to critical reception – importantly places his analysis in a broad context, ensuring that there are no reasons to question his thoroughness.\" * Film Matters *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: open roads\u003cbr\u003e Which new Hollywood?\u003cbr\u003e Easy rider\u003cbr\u003e Variations on a theme: five easy riders\u003cbr\u003e Five easy pieces\u003cbr\u003e Two-lane blacktop\u003cbr\u003e Vanishing point\u003cbr\u003e Little Fauss and Big Halsy\u003cbr\u003e Adam at 6 a.m\u003cbr\u003e Politicizing genre. Dirty Harry\u003cbr\u003e The French connection\u003cbr\u003e The limits of auteurism. The last movie\u003cbr\u003e The hired hand\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: the end of the road","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038424138071,"sku":"9780813589145","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813589145.jpg?v=1750940279","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-limits-of-auteurism-case-studies-in-the-critically-constructed-new-hollywood-9780813589145","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}