From El Dorado to Lost Horizons

From El Dorado to Lost Horizons
Author :
Publisher : SUNY Press
Total Pages : 220
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781438473970
ISBN-13 : 1438473974
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Book Synopsis From El Dorado to Lost Horizons by : Ken Windrum

Download or read book From El Dorado to Lost Horizons written by Ken Windrum and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2019-03-25 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigates how musicals, war films, sex comedies, and Westerns dealt with contentious issues during a time of change in Hollywood. The era known as the Hollywood Renaissance is celebrated as a time when revolutionary movies broke all the rules of the previous “classical” era as part of the ferment of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Yet many films during this era did not overtly smash the system but provided more traditional entertainment, based on popular genres, for a wider audience than the youth culture who flocked to more transgressive fare. Ken Windrum focuses on four genres of traditionalist movies—big-budget musicals, war spectacles, “naughty” sex comedies, and Westerns. From El Dorado to Lost Horizons shows how even seemingly innocuous, family-oriented films still participated in the progressive aspects of the time while also holding a conservative point of view. Windrum analyzes representations of issues including gender roles, marriage, sexuality, civil rights, and Cold War foreign policy, revealing how these films dealt with changing times and reflected both status quo positions and new attitudes. He also examines how the movies continued or deviated from classical principles of structure and style. Windrum provides a counter-history of the Hollywood Renaissance by focusing on a group of important films that have nevertheless been neglected in scholarly accounts. “This book is detailed and insightful in discussing the traditional (classical) and maverick (but ultimately recuperative) qualities of the mainstream films of the period. Windrum’s discussion of the narrative structure and stylistic elements of the films, both classical and innovative, is a highlight of the book.” — Glenn Man, author of Radical Visions: American Film Renaissance, 1967–1976


From El Dorado to Lost Horizons Related Books

From El Dorado to Lost Horizons
Language: en
Pages: 220
Authors: Ken Windrum
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-03-25 - Publisher: SUNY Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Investigates how musicals, war films, sex comedies, and Westerns dealt with contentious issues during a time of change in Hollywood. The era known as the Hollyw
Seeking El Dorado
Language: en
Pages: 557
Authors: Lawrence B. de Graaf
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-07-01 - Publisher: University of Washington Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

From the 18th century, African Americans, like many others, have migrated to California to seek fortunes or, often, the more modest goals of being able to find
Bigfoot
Language: en
Pages: 108
Authors: Jo Nambiar
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-06-17 - Publisher: Partridge Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In this story, in rhyme, I narrate as best as I can Of a creature and a place unknown to any man. Motives of people who are dear to your heart, And of an odd ad
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
Language: en
Pages: 1110
Authors: John Clute
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-03-15 - Publisher: Macmillan

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Like its companion volume, "The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction", this massive reference of 4,000 entries covers all aspects of fantasy, from literature to art.
Hollywood Independent
Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: Paul Kerr
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-03-09 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Hollywood Independent dissects the Mirisch Company, one of the most successful employers of the package-unit system of film production, producing classic films