Free Download Chris Horn, "Lost Decade, The: Altman, Coppola, Friedkin and the Hollywood Renaissance Auteur in the 1980s"
English | ISBN: 1501394452 | 2023 | 238 pages | EPUB, PDF | 4 MB + 16 MB
Provides an analysis of Hollywood from a fresh viewpoint that shows the careers of Robert Altman, Francis Coppola, William Friedkin, and others in the 1980s as far from conforming to a monolithic pattern of decline, but rather as diverse and complex responses to political and industrial changes. The 1980s are routinely seen as the era of the blockbuster and of 'Reaganite entertainment,' whereas the dominant view of late 1960s and early 1970s American film history is that of a 'Hollywood Renaissance', a relatively brief window of artistry based around a select group of directors. Yet key directors associated with the Renaissance period remained active throughout the 1980s and their work has been obscured or dismissed by a narrow, singular model of American film history. This book deals with industrial contexts that conditioned these directors' ability to work creatively, but it is also very much about the analysis of individual films, bringing to light a range of unheralded work, from the visual experimentation of
Read more
Code:
Bitte
Anmelden
oder
Registrieren
um Code Inhalt zu sehen!
