Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979"David Cook's Lost Illusions is an excellent account of Hollywood in the 1970s—a decade of social upheaval around the world and major transformation in the U.S. movie industry. His book overflows with useful data, and his lucid account of mainstream entertainment is nicely supplemented by the special chapters by other scholars: Douglas Gomery on exhibition, William Rothman on documentaries, and Robin Blaetz on the avant-garde."—James O. Naremore, author of More than Night: Film Noir in Its Contexts "A book of impressive research which eschews vague impressions for a rigorous look at industry documents and publications, among other sources of information. . . . The breakthrough in Cook's study comes primarily from the ways he figures the interrelation of the two key developments in 1970s American film around auteurism and industry reconsideration. . . . David Cook's volume is a studding addition to the series."—Dana Polan, Film Quarterly |
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Contents
Formative Industry Trends 19701979 | 9 |
Directors and Directions | 67 |
Majors MiniMajors | 301 |
Costs Agents Stars | 337 |
Technological Innovation and Aesthetic Response | 355 |
10 | 361 |
12 | 397 |
AvantGarde Cinema of the Seventies | 453 |
LATE SIXTIES FLOPS | 496 |
Hit Movies of THE 19681969 SEAsoN | 497 |
North AMERICAN RENTALs IN Excess of 22 25 | 503 |
MAJOR ACADEMY Awards 1970198o | 506 |
Notes | 515 |
259 | 516 |
| 561 | |
Picture Sources | 595 |
AvantGarde Cinema Filmography | 479 |
AVERAGE TICKET PRICE IN THE U S EACH YEAR 1970198o | 491 |
MAJOR COMPANY SHARE of New RELEASEs HANDLED BY NATIONAL DISTRIBUTORs 1970198o | 492 |
MARKET DOMINATION BY SIX LEADING DISTRIBUTORS OF THEATRICAL FILMS 1977 AND 198o | 493 |
MAJOR STUDIO REvenues AND AFTERTAx PROFITs 1970198o | 494 |
67 | 495 |
| 597 | |
| 629 | |
| 635 | |
Index of Films | 671 |
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| Title | Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979 Volume 9 of History of the American Cinema, David A. Cook Charles Harpole, general ed |
| Author | David A. Cook |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | University of California Press, 2002 |
| ISBN | 0520232658, 9780520232655 |
| Length | 695 pages |
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