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Informationen zum Autor Jon Lewis, ed. Klappentext "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" Zusammenfassung Offers 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments 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...
