The Roots of Modern Hollywood
The Persistence of Values in American Cinema, from the New Deal to the Present
Distributed for Intellect Ltd
224 pages
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7 x 9
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© 2014
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Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: The failure of American liberalism and the cinema of despair: Hollywood in the 1970s
Chapter 2: The disappointment of the liberal renaissance: Hollywood in the Clinton era, 1992-2000
Fantasy in the 1990s
Exemplar film 1: Groundhog Day
Exemplar film 2: The Truman Show
Author's interview with Peter Weir
Introduction to the published screenplay of The Truman Show, by Peter Weir
Chapter 3: The rise and fall of the Republicans: Melancholy meditations on America's destiny, 2000-2012
Film noir for the new millennium
Exemplar film 3: Collateral
Author's interview with Michael Mann
Exemplar film 4: Michael Clayton
Author's interview with Tony Gilroy
Chapter 4: The enduring appeal of pacifism: Hollywood and American global imperialism, 1978-2010
The pacifist tradition
Exemplar film 5: In the Valley of Elah
Author's interview with Paul Haggis
Chapter 5: The creeping advance of feminism: Hollywood and the changing role of women in America, 1970 to the present
The feminist debate
Two-faced woman - Julia Roberts as the incarnation of the American woman
Exemplar films 6 and 7: Pretty Woman and Erin Brockovich
Conclusion
Bibliographical Essay
Index
Introduction
Chapter 1: The failure of American liberalism and the cinema of despair: Hollywood in the 1970s
Chapter 2: The disappointment of the liberal renaissance: Hollywood in the Clinton era, 1992-2000
Fantasy in the 1990s
Exemplar film 1: Groundhog Day
Exemplar film 2: The Truman Show
Author's interview with Peter Weir
Introduction to the published screenplay of The Truman Show, by Peter Weir
Chapter 3: The rise and fall of the Republicans: Melancholy meditations on America's destiny, 2000-2012
Film noir for the new millennium
Exemplar film 3: Collateral
Author's interview with Michael Mann
Exemplar film 4: Michael Clayton
Author's interview with Tony Gilroy
Chapter 4: The enduring appeal of pacifism: Hollywood and American global imperialism, 1978-2010
The pacifist tradition
Exemplar film 5: In the Valley of Elah
Author's interview with Paul Haggis
Chapter 5: The creeping advance of feminism: Hollywood and the changing role of women in America, 1970 to the present
The feminist debate
Two-faced woman - Julia Roberts as the incarnation of the American woman
Exemplar films 6 and 7: Pretty Woman and Erin Brockovich
Conclusion
Bibliographical Essay
Index
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