Hollywood reborn : movie stars of the 1970s
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Hollywood reborn : movie stars of the 1970s
（Star decades : american culture/american cinema / Adrienne L. Mclean and Murray Pomerance, series editors）
Rutgers University Press, c2010
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-237) and index
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Description
Weary from the turbulent sixties, America entered the 1970s hoping for calm. Instead, the war in Vietnam and its troubled aftermath persisted, the Watergate scandal unfolded, and continuing social unrest at home and abroad provided the backdrop for the new decade. The scene was similar in Hollywood, as it experienced greater upheaval than at any point since the coming of sound. As the studio and star systems declined, actors had more power than ever, and because many had become fiercely politicized by the temper of the times, the movies they made were often more challenging than before. Thus, just when it might have faded out, Hollywood was reborn--but what was the nature of this rebirth?
Hollywood Reborn examines this question, with contributors focusing on many of the era's key figures - noteworthy actors such as Jane Fonda, Al Pacino, Faye Dunaway, and Warren Beatty, and unexpected artists, among them Donald Sutherland, Shelley Winters, and Divine. Each essay offers new perspectives through the lens of an important star, illuminating in the process some of the most fascinating and provocative films of the decade.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Stardom in the 1970s by James Morrison
1. Jane Fonda: From Graylist to A-List by Maria Pramaggiore
2. Robert Redford and Warren Beatty: Consensus Stars for a Post-Consensus Age by Chris Cagle
3. Al Pacino: From the Mob to the Mineshaft by Joe Wlodarz
4. Jodie Foster and Brooke Shields: "New Ways to Look at the Young" by Cynthia Erb
5. Richard Roundtree: Inventing Shaft by Jans Wager
6. Shelley Winters: Camp, Abjection, and the Agining Star by James Morrison
7. Faye Dunaway: Stardom and Ambivalence by Thomas Schur
8. Divine: Toward an "Imperfect" Stardom by Karl Schoonover
9. Julie Christie and Vanessa Redgrave: Performance and the Politics of Singularity by Nick Davis
10. Donald Sutherland: The Politics and Erotics of Submission by Jean Walton
In the Wings by James Morrison
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