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Taylor, Charles, 1961-
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B films -- United States -- History and criticism.
Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Taylor, Charles, 1961-
B films -- United States -- History and criticism.
Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
MARC Display
Opening
Wednesday
at a
theater
or
drive-in
near
you : the
shadow
cinema
of the
American
'
70s
/ Charles Taylor.
by
Taylor, Charles, 1961-
Bloomsbury, 2017.
Call #:
791.4309 T239o
Subjects
B films -- United States -- History and criticism.
Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9781632868183 (hc.)
Description:
199 pages ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Filmography: pages 191-197.
Contents:
Prevues of coming attractions -- On the hoof, on the barrel: Prime Cut -- The challenger: Vanishing Point -- Farewell to the first golden era: Cisco Pike -- Bebop/silence: Hickey & Boggs -- Shut down, volume 2: Two-land Blacktop -- A queen without a throne: Coffy and Foxy Brown -- White man's burden: Ulzana's Raid -- Aloha and good night, two by Floyd Mutrux: Aloha, Bobby and Rose and
American
Hot Wax -- Stranger in town: Hard Times -- E pluribus loonum: Citizens Band -- The goosing of the President: Winter Kills -- Eye of the beholders: Eyes of Laura Mars -- Even the losers: Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia -- When the lights go up.
Summary:
"When we think of '
70s
cinema
, we think of classics like The Godfather, Taxi Driver, and The Wild Bunch, but the riches found in the overlooked B movies of the time, rolled out wherever they might find an audience, tell an eye-opening story about post-Watergate, post-Vietnam America. Revisiting the films that don't make the Academy Award montages, film critic Charles Taylor finds a treasury many of us have forgotten, movies that in fact "unlock the secrets of the times." Taylor pays homage to the trucker vigilantes, meat magnate pimps, blaxploitation "angel avengers," and taciturn factory workers of grungy, unartful B films such as Prime Cut, Foxy Brown, and Eyes of Laura Mars. He creates a compelling argument for what matters in moviemaking and brings a pivotal
American
era vividly to life in all its gritty, melancholy complexity."--Provided by publisher.
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