The Sixties: 1960-1969 (History of the American Cinema, Vol 8)

Amid the turbulence of political assassinations, the civil rights struggle, and antiwar protests, American society was experiencing growing affluence and profound cultural change during the 1960s. The film industry gradually redirected its energies, resulting in a distinctive break from traditional business and stylistic practice and emergence of a new "cinema of sensation." Feature films became faster-paced and more graphic, the antihero took his place alongside the classic Hollywood hero, and "downer" films like __Midnight Cowboy__ proved as popular as those with upbeat fare. Paul Monaco gives a sweeping view of this exhilarating decade, ranging from the visceral sensation of __Bonnie and Clyde,__ to the comic-book satire of __Dr. Strangelove,__ to the youthful alienation of __The Graduate.__ This Volume Examines The Development Of Film And The Film Industry During The 1960s And The Political And Economic Background That Influenced It. Hollywood Faces New Challenges -- Changing Patterns Of Production And The Arrival Of The Conglomerates -- The Runaway Audience And The Changing World Of Movie Exhibition -- The Waning Production Code And The Rise Of The Ratings System -- The Camera Eye -- The Cutter's Room -- Sound And Music -- The Twilight Of The Goddesses: Hollywood Actresses In The 1960s -- Male Domination Of The Hollywood Screen -- The Establishment Judges: Academy Awards For Best Picture -- Landmark Movies Of The 1960s And The Cinema Of Sensation -- The Nonfiction Film / Richard M. Barsam -- What Went Wrong?: The American Avant-garde Cinema Of The 1960s / Walter Metz. Paul Monaco. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 313-319) And Indexes. V. 1. The emergence of cinema : the American screen to 1907 / Charles Musser -- v. 2. The transformation of cinema, 1907-1915 / Eileen Bowser -- v. 3. An evening's entertainment : the age of the silent feature picture, 1915-1928 / Richard Koszarski -- v. 4. The talkies : American cinema's transition to sound, 1926-1931 / Donald Crafton -- v. 5. Grand design : Hollywood as a modern business enterprise, 1930-1939 / Tino Balio -- v. 6. Boom and bust : the American cinema in the 1940s / Thomas Schatz -- v. 7. Transforming the screen, 1950-1959 / Peter Lev -- v. 8. The sixties, 1960-1969 / Paul Monaco -- v. 9. Lost illusions : American cinema in the shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979 / David A. Cook -- v. 10. A new pot of gold : Hollywood under the electronic rainbow, 1980-1989 / Stephen Prince Hollywood's great and golden era was the two decades between the advent of synchronous sound motion-picture production in 1927 and the peak years for movie theater attendance in the United States, 1946-1948.