Author: | Peter Krämer | ISBN: | 9780231850056 |
Publisher: | Columbia University Press | Publication: | March 17, 2006 |
Imprint: | WallFlower Press | Language: | English |
Author: | Peter Krämer |
ISBN: | 9780231850056 |
Publisher: | Columbia University Press |
Publication: | March 17, 2006 |
Imprint: | WallFlower Press |
Language: | English |
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 Krämer 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.
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 Krämer 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.