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History of the American Cinema: The Sixties: 1960-1969, 1st Edition

  • Volume 8
  • Paul Monaco
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  • ISBN-10: 0684315270
  • ISBN-13: 9780684315270
  • DDC: 791.430973
  • Grade Level Range: 9th Grade - College Senior
  • 346 Pages | eBook
  • Previous Editions: 2003, 1998, 1998
  • Original Copyright 2001 | Published/Released November 2006
  • This publication's content originally published in print form: 2001

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Overview

Amid the turbulence of political assassinations, the civil rights struggle, and antiwar protests, American society was experiencing growing affluence and profound cultural change during the 1960s. The film industry gradually redirected its energies, resulting in a distinctive break from traditional business and stylistic practice and emergence of a new "cinema of sensation." Feature films became faster-paced and more graphic, the antihero took his place alongside the classic Hollywood hero, and "downer" films like Midnight Cowboy proved as popular as those with upbeat fare. Paul Monaco gives a sweeping view of this exhilarating decade, ranging from the visceral sensation of Bonnie And Clyde, to the comic-book satire of Dr. Strangelove, to the youthful alienation of The Graduate.

Reviews

"Unlike many books about the movies, this is a serious piece of scholarship that will appeal to both academic and general readers. Well researched, clearly written, and logically organized, The Sixties should stand as a standard survey of its topic for many years to come." -- ARBA (2002)

— ARBA