Camera and action : American film as agent of social change, 1965-1975

Af indholdet: S. 15-40: Industry and audiences. -- S. 99-162: Gender.- S. 163-203: Ethnicity. This Study Examines The Changes In The American Film Industry, Audiences, And Feature Films Between 1965 And 1975. With Transformations In Production Codes, Adjustments In National Narratives, A Rise In Independent Filmmaking, And A New Generation Of Directors And Producers Addressing Controversial Issues On The Mainstream Screen, Film Was A Major Influence On The Social Changes That Defined These Years. After A Contextual History Of Film During This Era, Several Key Films Are Discussed, Including The Graduate, Alice's Restaurant, Easy Rider, Midnight Cowboy, M*a*s*h, Mccabe And Mrs. Miller, Little Big Man, And The Godfather Series. The Author Describes How These Films Represented A Generation, Constructed And Deconstructed American Culture, And Made Important Contributions During Ten Years Of Great Change In America. Instructors Considering This Book For Use In A Course May Request An Examination Copy Here. As Hollywood turned : expansion, exhibition, codes, and directors at mid-decade A new audience for the now movie : film societies, the college campus, the American Film Institute and making film art The graduate : representing a generation Alice's restaurant : constructing hippie folk and legitimizing revolutionary distinction Back in the saddle again : men, westerns, hippies, and Easy rider Under the influence : representing masculinity in Midnight cowboy No icon left unturned : M*A*S*H and the project of antiestablishment Out of the saddle, into the seventies : gender in McCabe and Mrs. Miller What's sex got to do with it? : Carnal knowledge and the delusion of telling it like it is Forever native: Penn's new authentics in Little Big Man The Godfather films as America Conclusion : cinematic anarchists go generic. "This study examines changes in the American film industry, audiences, and feature films during 1965-1975. With transformations in production codes, adjustments in national narratives, a rise in independent filmmaking, and a new generation of directors and producers addressing controversial issues on the mainstream screen, film was part of the processes of social change that defined these years"--Provided by publisher.