Fade to Gray : : Aging in American Cinema / / Nancy McVittie, Timothy Shary.
Americans are living longer and reinventing both work and retirement, but Hollywood movies barely hint at this reality of contemporary society. In many popular films, older characters fade into irrelevance, inactivity, or absurdity, or else they stay in the background as wise elders while younger ch...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter One. Generational Conflict in Prewar Hollywood Film
- Chapter Two. The Sensational Specter of Aging
- Chapter Three. The Horrific and the Hilarious
- Chapter Four. The Emergence of the Elder Odyssey
- Chapter Five. The Repression and Release of Old Romance
- Chapter Six. Deceptions and Delusions of Elder Death
- Conclusion
- Appendix A. Filmography of Significant Elder Roles in American Cinema
- Appendix B. Subject Lists of Elder Films
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index