Hollywood Film 1963-1976 Years of Revolution and Reaction [Paperback]

Hollywood 1963-1976 chronicles the upheaval and innovation that took place in the American film industry during an era of pervasive cultural tumult. Exploring the many ideologies embraced by an increasingly diverse Hollywood, Casper offers a comprehensive canon, covering the period's classics as well as its brilliant but overlooked masterpieces.

• A broad overview and analysis of one of American film's most important and innovative periods
• Offers a new, more expansive take on the accepted canon of the era
• Includes films expressing ideologies contrary to the misremembered leftist slant
• Explores and fully contextualizes the dominant genres of the 60s and 70s

Acknowledgments.

List of Illustrations.

Foreword.

Part I: Cultural Overview: The Years of Revolution and Reaction, 1963–76:

1. Major Historical Events.

Civil Rights Legislation and Protests.

The Vietnam War.

Law and Order.

Realpolitik.

2. Economic Situation.

Expanse and Contraction.

Downturn.

3. Societal Issues.

The New Left, the Counterculture, Neo-Conservatism, and the Silent Majority.

Ecology, Good Health, and Fitness.

Scientific/Technological Advances.

Conglomerate Ascendancy.

Media Society.

Crime.

Religion.

A Sense of Confusion, Impotence, and Cynicism, and a Wave of Nostalgia.

Part II: Business:

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