The New Hollywood: From Bonnie and Clyde to Star Wars

By Peter Krämer

Book Overview

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 Kr mer 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1904764584
• ISBN13: 9781904764588
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Wallflower Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 7.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher