The Silvering Screen : : Old Age and Disability in Cinema / / Sally Chivers.
Popular films have always included elderly characters, but until recently, old age only played a supporting role onscreen. Now, as the Baby Boomer population hits retirement, there has been an explosion of films, including Away From Her, The Straight Story, The Barbarian Invasions, and About Schmidt...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 17 halftones |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Silvering Screen
- 1. Same Difference? Gerontology and Disability Studies Join Hands
- 2. Baby Jane Grew Up: The Horror of Aging in Mid-Twentieth-Century Hollywood
- 3. Grey Matters: Dementia, Cognitive Difference, and the 'Guilty Demographic' on Screen
- 4. 'Sounds Like a Regular Marriage': Monogamy and the Fidelity of Care
- 5. Yes, We Still Can: Paul Newman, Clint Eastwood, Aging Masculinity, and the American Dream
- 6. As Old as Jack Gets: Nicholson, Masculinity, and the Hollywood System
- Conclusion: Final Films, The Silvering Screen Comes of Age
- Filmography
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index