{"product_id":"the-new-american-cinema-jon-lewis-9780822320876","title":"The New American Cinema","description":"This collection of essays provides the first comprehensive survey of Hollywood and independent films from the mid-sixties to the present. Deliberately eclectic and panoramic, \u003ci\u003eThe New American Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e brings together thirteen leading film scholars who present a range of theoretical, critical, and historical perspectives on this rich and pivotal era in American cinema.\u003cbr\u003eThe essays are divided into three sections: \"Movies and Money,\" \"Cinema and Culture,\" and \"Independents and Independence.\" The first section focuses on the economics of the industry and analyzes the connection between the film business and the finished product. Topics include a look at the economic conditions that made the seventies' auteur renaissance possible, the distribution of studio and independent films, and the recent spate of mergers and acquisitions that have come to characterize the new Hollywood. The second part of \u003ci\u003eThe New American Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e deals with the political and cultural significance of war and Vietnam films (\u003ci\u003ePlatoon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eApocalypse Now\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBorn on the Fourth of July\u003c\/i\u003e); \"male rampage\" films (\u003ci\u003eRambo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLethal Weapon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDie Hard\u003c\/i\u003e); women's psychothrillers (\u003ci\u003eThe Silence of the Lambs\u003c\/i\u003e); special effects pictures (\u003ci\u003e2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Wars\u003c\/i\u003e); and historical re-presentations (Oliver Stone's \u003ci\u003eJFK\u003c\/i\u003e). The final section casts a keen eye on films produced and exhibited outside the commercial mainstream, examining the financial realities of \"indie\" films; the influence of independent filmmaker John Cassavetes on Coppola, Altman, and Scorsese; the stereotyping of African Americans in mainstream cinema; and the films of independent women filmmakers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jon Lewis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822320878\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822320876\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.50d","brand":"Jon Lewis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48658940264703,"sku":"9780822320876","price":119.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-new-american-cinema-jon-lewis-9780822320876","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}