American Cinema of the 1960s : : Themes and Variations / / ed. by Barry Keith Grant.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Abramson, Leslie H.,; Benshoff, Harry M.,; Desser, David,; Everett, Anna,; Grant, Barry Keith,; McElhaney, Joe,; Milliken, Christie,; Morrison, James,; Pomerance, Murray,; Schaefer, Eric,; Sharrett, Christopher,
• TeilnehmendeR: Abramson, Leslie.; Benshoff, Harry.; Desser, David.; Everett, Anna.; McElhaney, Joe.; Milliken, Christie.; Morrison, James.; Pomerance, Murray.; Schaefer, Eric.; Sharrett, Christopher.
• HerausgeberIn: Grant, Barry Keith,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Screen Decades: American Culture/America
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.) :; 33

The profound cultural and political changes of the 1960s brought the United States closer to social revolution than at any other time in the twentieth century. The country fragmented as various challenges to state power were met with increasing and violent resistance. The Cold War heated up and the Vietnam War divided Americans. Civil rights, women's liberation, and gay rights further emerged as significant social issues. Free love was celebrated even as the decade was marked by assassinations, mass murders, and social unrest. At the same time, American cinema underwent radical change as well. The studio system crumbled, and the Production Code was replaced by a new ratings system. Among the challenges faced by the film industry was the dawning shift in theatrical exhibition from urban centers to surburban multiplexes, an increase in runaway productions, the rise of independent producers, and competition from both television and foreign art films. Hollywood movies became more cynical, violent, and sexually explicit, reflecting the changing values of the time. In ten original essays, American Cinema of the 1960s examines a range of films that characterized the decade, including Hollywood movies, documentaries, and independent and experimental films. Among the films discussed are Elmer Gantry, The Apartment, West Side Story, The Manchurian Candidate, To Kill a Mockingbird, Cape Fear, Bonnie and Clyde, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Midnight Cowboy, and Easy Rider.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Timeline: The 1960s -- Introduction: Movies and the 1960s -- 1960 Movies and Intimations of Disaster and Hope -- 1961 Movies and Civil Rights -- 1962 Movies and Deterioration -- 1963 Movies and the Little Soldiers of the New Frontier -- 1964 Movies, the Great Society, and the New Sensibility -- 1965 Movies and the Color Line -- 1966 Movies and Camp -- 1967 Movies and the Specter of Rebellion -- 1968 Movies and the Failure of Nostalgia -- 1969 Movies and the Counterculture -- Select Academy Awards, 1960-1969 -- Works Cited and Consulted -- Contributors -- Index