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veröffentlicht: | New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2007. ©2007. |
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Screen Decades: American Culture/American Cinema
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Medientyp: | Buch, E-Book |
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Umfang: | 1 online resource (276 pages) |
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ISBN: |
9780813543024
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Ausgabe: | 1st ed. |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Screen Decades: American Culture/American Cinema
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Print version:: |
Prince, Stephen, American Cinema of the 1980s, New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press,c2007
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Kollektion: | E-Books adlr |
During the 1980s, American cinema underwent enormous transformations. Blockbusters like Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., and The Empire Strikes Back grabbed huge revenues for the studios. At the same time, the growth of home video led to new and creative opportunities for independent film production, resulting in many of the decades best films. Both large- and small-scale filmmakers responded to the social, political, and cultural conditions of the time. The two-term presidency of Ronald Reagan spawned a new Cold War with the Soviet Union, which Hollywood film both embraced and critiqued. Also during this time, Hollywood launched a long-awaited cycle of films about the Vietnam War, exploring its impact both at home and abroad. But science fiction remained the eras most popular genre, ranging from upbeat fantasies to dark, dystopic visions. Bringing together original essays by ten respected scholars in the field, American Cinema of the 1980s examines the films that marked the decade, including Ordinary People, Body Heat, Blade Runner, Zelig, Platoon, Top Gun, Aliens, Blue Velvet, RoboCop, Fatal Attraction, Die Hard, Batman, and sex, lies & videotape. |
Intro Contents Acknowledgments Timeline: The 1980s Introduction: Movies and the 1980s 1980: Movies and the New Woman 1981: Movies and Looking Back to the Future 1982: Movies and Other Worlds 1983: Movies and Reaganism 1984: Movies and Battles over Reaganite Conservatism 1985: Movies and Political Landscapes 1986: Movies and Fissures in Reagan's America 1987: Movies and the Closing of the Reagan Era 1988: Movies and Images of Reality 1989: Movies and the American Dream Select Academy Awards, 1980-1989 Works Cited and Consulted Contributors Index. |