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apocalypse now
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exploitation films
film
film arts and culture
film criticism
film history
film industry
film producers
film school
films
fringe exploitation
history of film
mass advertising
movie directors
movies
new hollywood
performing arts
political commentary
rating system
saturation booking
sensationalist content
serious subjects
social commentary
social upheaval
straw dogs
studio system
taxi driver
television
Product details
- ISBN 9780520232655
- Weight: 1225g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 15 Mar 2002
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The American film industry transformed itself during the 1970s: a new order emerged out of the chaos of the former studio system. A new rating system freed directors to explore serious subjects but allowed for the expansion of exploitation films as well. So while unprecedented social and political commentary emanated from the film-school-trained "New Hollywood" auteurs, the bigger change was the major studios' embrace of sensationalist content, mass advertising, and saturation booking. The methods of fringe exploitation producers became the norm. Some of the films discussed in this book include: Five Easy Pieces, Chinatown, Carnal Knowledge, Straw Dogs, A Clockwork Orange, Mean Streets, The Conversation, Nashville, Shampoo, Taxi Driver, and Apocalypse Now.
David A. Cook is Founding Director of the Film Studies program at Emory University, where he is Professor of Film. He is the author of A History of Narrative Film and the "Motion Picture History" entry in the Encyclopedia Britannica.
