The New Hollywood: From Bonnie And Clyde To Star Wars (Short Cuts (Wallflower))

On December 8, 1967 Time magazine put Bonnie and Clyde on its cover and announced, "The New Cinema: Violence Sex Art." The following decade has long been celebrated as a golden age in American film history. In this innovative study, Peter Krämer offers a systematic discussion of the biggest hits of the period (including The Graduate [1967], The Exorcist [1973] and Jaws [1975]). He relates the distinctive features of these hits to changes in the film industry, in its audiences and in American society at large. Annotation On December 8, 1967 Time magazine put Bonnie and Clyde on its cover and announced, "The New Cinema: Violence Sex Art." The following decade has long been celebrated as a golden age in American film history. In this innovative study, Peter Krämer offers a systematic discussion of the biggest hits of the period (including The Graduate [1967], The Exorcist [1973] and Jaws [1975]). He relates the distinctive features of these hits to changes in the film industry, in its audiences and in American society at large "In December 1967 Time magazine put Bonnie and Clyde on its cover and announced, 'The New Cinema: Violence ... Sex ... Art'. The following decade has long been celebrated as a golden age in American film history. In this study, Peter Kramer offers a systematic discussion of the biggest hits of the period, including The Graduate (1967), The Exorcist (1973) and Jaws (1975), relating the distinctive features of these films to changes in the film industry, its audiences and American society at large."--BOOK JACKET In December 1967 Time magazine put Bonnie and Clyde on its cover and announced. 'The New Cinema: Violence ... Sex ... Art'. The following decade has long been celebrated as a golden age in American film history. In this innovative study, Peter Kramer offers a systematic discussion of the biggest hits of the period, including The Graduate (1967), The Exorcist (1973) and Jaws (1975), relating the distinctive features of these films to changes in the film industry, its audiences and American society at large. Peter Krämer. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 117-124) And Index.