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Book SynopsisOffers a collection of essays that provides the comprehensive survey of Hollywood and independent films from the mid-60s the present. This title brings together thirteen leading film scholars who present a range of theoretical, critical, and historical perspectives on this rich and pivotal era in American cinema.
Trade Review"This collection is the first I know of to examine contemporary American cinema from so many viewpoints. . . . The authors provide us with new ways of understanding not just the theory and history of recent American film practices, but also the mix of government action, industrial policy, and audience desire that has played such a central role in producing the movies of the last generation."—Eric Smoodin, author of
Disney Discourse: Producing the Magic Kingdom"This definitive reader-anthology is distinguished by the reputation of its contributors and the intelligence and relevance of their essays."—Dana Polan, author
of Power and Paranoia: History, Narrative, and the American Cinema, 1940-1950"Until now, there has been neither a book nor a collection that addresses recent American film with equal breadth and depth."—D. N. Rodowick, author of
Gilles Deleuze’s Time MachineTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix
Introduction / Jon Lewis 1
Movies and Money
Auteur Cinema and the "Film Generation" in 1970s Hollywood / David A. Cook 11
Auteurs and the New Hollywood / Timothy Corrigan 38
From Roadshowing to Saturation Release: Majors, Independents, and Marketing/Distribution Innovations / Justin Wyatt 64
Money Matters: Hollywood in the Corporate Era / Jon Lewis 87
Cinema and Culture
A Rose Is a Rose? Real Women and a Lost War / Tania Modleski 125
From Pillar to Postmodern: Race, Class, and Gender in the male Rampage Film / Fred Pfeil 146
Your Self Storage: Female Investigation and Male Performativity in the Woman's Psychothriller / Sabrina Barton 187
Conspiracy Theory and Political Murder in America: Oliver Stone's
JFK and the Facts of the Matter / Christopher Sharrett 217
Zooming Out: The End of Offscreen Space / Scott Bukatman 248
Independents and Independence
John Cassavetes: Amateur Director / Ivone Margulies 275
Independent Features: Hopes and Dreams / Chuck Kleinhans 307
A Circus of Dreams and Lies: The Black Film Wave at Middle Age / Ed Guerrero 328
Culture as Fiction: The Ethnographic Impulse in the Films of Peggy Ahwesh, Su Friedrich, and Leslie Thornton / Catherine Russell 353
Selective Bibliography 379
Contributors 387
Index 389
