The New Hollywood Historical Film: 1967-78

by Tom Symmons

Overview

The New Hollywood of the late 1960s and 1970s is among the most exciting and influential periods in the history of film. This book explores how the new wave of historical films were profoundly shaped by the controversies and concerns of the present.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137529299
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	06/24/2016
Edition description:	1st ed. 2016
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Tom Symmons is a film scholar and has taught film history at Queen Mary University of London, London Metropolitan University and Arcadia University (London).

Table of Contents

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1: The 'New Wave' and 'Old Hollywood': The Day of the Locust (1975), 'Movies about the Movies' and the Generational Divide

2: 'The Birth of Black Consciousness on the Screen'?: the African American Historical Experience, Blaxploitation, and the Production and Reception of Sounder (1972)

3: 'Having Our Cake and Eating it': The Dirty Dozen (1967), the World War II Combat Film and Vietnam

4: 'Not beautiful in the right way': Star Image, Politics and Romance in The Way We Were (1973)

5: Chapter 5: American Graffiti (1973) and Grease (1978): the 'Fifties' as Myth and Comment

Conclusion

Bibliography

Filmography