Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan ... and Beyond: a Revised and Expanded Edition of the Classic Text

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Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Epigraph; Prologue (2003); 1. Cards on the Table; 2. The Chase: Flashback, 1965; 3. Smart-Ass and Cutie-Pie: Notes Toward the Evaluation of Altman (1975); 4. The Incoherent Text: Narrative in the 70s; 5. The American Nightmare: Horror in the 70s; 6. Normality and Monsters: The Films of Larry Cohen and George Romero; 7. Brian De Palma: The Politics of Castration; 8. Papering the Cracks: Fantasy and Ideology in the Reagan Era; 9. Horror in the 80s; 10. Images and Women; 11. From Buddies to Lovers.;This classic of film criticism, long considered invaluable for its eloquent study of a problematic period in film history, is now substantially updated and revised by the author to include chapters beyond the Reagan era and into the twenty-first century. For the new edition, Robin Wood has written a substantial new preface that explores the interesting double context within which the book can be read-that in which it was written and that in which we find ourselves today. Among the other additions to this new edition are a celebration of modern ""screwball"" comedies like My Best Friend's.