{"product_id":"make-my-day-j-hoberman-9781595580061","title":"Make My Day: Movie Culture in the Age of Reagan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Singular, stylish and slightly intoxicating in its scope.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAcclaimed media critic J. Hoberman's masterful and majestic exploration of the Reagan years as seen through the unforgettable movies of the era\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe third book in a brilliant and ambitious trilogy, celebrated cultural and film critic J. Hoberman's \u003cem\u003eMake My Day\u003c\/em\u003e is a major new work of film and pop culture history. In it he chronicles the Reagan years, from the waning days of the Watergate scandal when disaster films like \u003cem\u003eEarthquake\u003c\/em\u003e ruled the box office to the nostalgia of feel-good movies like \u003cem\u003eRocky\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/em\u003e, and the delirium of the 1984 presidential campaign and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBookended by the Bicentennial celebrations and the Iran-Contra affair, the period of Reagan's ascendance brought such movie events as \u003cem\u003eJaws\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eApocalypse Now\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGhostbusters\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlue Velvet\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBack to the Future\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as the birth of MTV, the Strategic Defense Initiative, and the Second Cold War.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn exploration of the synergy between American politics and popular culture, \u003cem\u003eMake My Day\u003c\/em\u003e is the concluding volume of Hoberman's \u003cem\u003eFound Illusions\u003c\/em\u003e trilogy; the first volume, \u003cem\u003eThe Dream Life\u003c\/em\u003e, was described by \u003cem\u003eSlate\u003c\/em\u003e's David Edelstein as \"one of the most vital cultural histories I've ever read\"; \u003cem\u003eFilm Comment\u003c\/em\u003e called the second, \u003cem\u003eAn Army of Phantoms\u003c\/em\u003e, \"utterly compulsive reading.\" Reagan, a supporting player in Hoberman's previous volumes, here takes center stage as the peer of Indiana Jones and John Rambo, the embodiment of a Hollywood that, even then, no longer existed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Hoberman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1595580069\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595580061\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2019 pg. 112","brand":"J. Hoberman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43987914686719,"sku":"9781595580061","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_79209618-30a9-411c-a0e2-9d8127851c29.jpg?v=1683291596","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/make-my-day-j-hoberman-9781595580061","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}