《The New American Cinema》是Duke University Press Books出版的圖書，作者是Lewis, Jon
基本介紹
- ISBN：9780822321156
- 作者：Lewis, Jon
- 出版社：Duke University Press Books
- 出版時間：1998年4月7日
- 頁數：416
- 定價：USD 26.95
- 裝幀：Paperback
內容簡介
This collection of essays provides the first comprehensive survey of Hollywood and independent films from the mid-60s to the present. Deliberately eclectic and panoramic, "The New American Cinema" brings together thirteen leading film scholars who present a range of theoretical, critical, and historical perspectives on this rich and pivotal era in American cinema. The essays ar...(展開全部) This collection of essays provides the first comprehensive survey of Hollywood and independent films from the mid-60s to the present. Deliberately eclectic and panoramic, "The New American Cinema" brings together thirteen leading film scholars who present a range of theoretical, critical, and historical perspectives on this rich and pivotal era in American cinema. The essays are divided into three sections: 'Movie and Money', 'Cinema and Culture', and 'Independents and Independence'. The first section focuses on the economics of the industry and looks at the connection between the film business and the finished product. The topics include a look at the economic conditions that make the amateur renaissance of the 1970s possible, the distribution of both studio and independent films, and the recent spate of mergers and acquisitions that have come to characterize the new Hollywood.The second part of "The New American Cinema" deals with the political and cultural significance of war and Vietnam films ("Platoon", "Apocalypse Now", and "Born on the Fourth of July"), 'male rampage' films ("Rambo", "Lethal Weapon", and "Die Hard"), women's psychothrillers ("Silence of the Lambs"), special effects pictures ("2001: A Space Odyssey", and "Star Wars"), and historical representations (Oliver Stone's "JFK"). The final section casts a keen eye on films produced and exhibited outside the commercial mainstream and focuses on such topics as the financial realities of 'indoe' films; the influence of the independent filmmaker John Cassavettes on Coppola, Altman, and Scorcese; the ster
