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This compelling study places 'Back to the Future' in the context of Reaganite America, discusses Robert Zemeckis's film-making technique and its relationship to the 'New New Hollywood',exploresthe film'sattitudes to teen culture of the 1950s and 1980s andits representation of science, atomic powerand time travel.
List of contents
Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- Zemeckis, Gale and Hollywood's Revivalists.- 'you're gonna see some serious shit': New New Hollywood in Action.- Form and Style.- Genre.- The 1950s and Teen Culture.- Back to the Future and the Teenpic.- Masquerading.- Functioning.- The 1950s Imagined in the 1980s.- 'Erased from Existence': Digital Denial.- The Atomic Kid: The Return of Golden Age Nuclear Confidence.- Film and Time.- Time Travel in Film.- Oedipus's Family.- The Time Sense of Cinema.- Credits.
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The authors do an excellent job of bringing together a well researched look at a film that is loved the world over. Between talking about the films commentary on the 1950's teen culture and the nods to popular film culture at the time the film was made, they put together what is one of this year essential reads for any fan of film. Of all of the BFI film classics that I have read, this has been one of the best.
