Searching for New Frontiers by Rick Worland

Searching for New Frontiers by Rick Worland

Searching For New Frontiers offers film students and general readers a survey of popular movies of the 1960s. The author explores the most important modes of filmmaking in times that were at once hopeful, exhilarating, and daunting. The text combines discussion of American social and political history and Hollywood industry changes with analysis of some of the era’s most expressive movies.  The book covers significant genres and evolving thematic trends, highlighting a variety of movies that confronted the era’s major social issues. It notes the stylistic confluence and exchanges between three forms: the traditional studio movie based on the combination of stars and genres, low-budget exploitation movies, and the international art cinema. As the author reveals, this complex period of American filmmaking was neither random nor the product of unique talents working in a vacuum. The filmmakers met head-on with an evolving American social conscience to create a Hollywood cinema of an era defined by events such as the Vietnam War, the rise of the civil rights movement, and the moon landing.

Rick Worland is Professor of Film & Media Arts at Southern Methodist University where he teaches film history, documentary, and popular genres including Westerns and horror films.

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ISBN 13	9781405192989
ISBN 10	1405192984
Titel	Searching for New Frontiers
Autor	Rick Worland
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	2018-04-27
Seitenanzahl	304
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.