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Hardcover. The surprising success of "Bonnie and Clyde", "The Graduate" and "Easy Rider" in the late 60s marks a turning-point in the history of the American cinema, as these are films that differ fundamentally from the traditional Hollywood style. They revised the traditional genre formulae and overturned the rules of classical narrative structure. Num Pages: 144 pages, 150 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 291 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 850.
Text in English and German. The surprising success of Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate and Easy Rider in the late 60s marks a turning-point in the history of the American cinema, as these are films that differ fundamentally from the traditional Hollywood style. They revised the traditional genre formulae and overturned the rules of classical narrative structure, but they were also aimed at a young audience influenced by alternative culture, a group that the big studios had ignored until then. The American film industry, which was in financial crisis and a phase of artistic stagnation in the sixties because it ... Read more
Text in English and German. The surprising success of Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate and Easy Rider in the late 60s marks a turning-point in the history of the American cinema, as these are films that differ fundamentally from the traditional Hollywood style. They revised the traditional genre formulae and overturned the rules of classical narrative structure, but they were also aimed at a young audience influenced by alternative culture, a group that the big studios had ignored until then. The American film industry, which was in financial crisis and a phase of artistic stagnation in the sixties because it ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Fellbach, Germany
ISBN
9783930698943
SKU
V9783930698943
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Ref
99-13
About Renate Hehr
Renate Hehr studied theatre, German and journalism at the Freie Universitat Berlin. She went to South America for political reasons in the late seventies. In 1992 she returned to Berlin, where she lives and works as an author and translator. Her book on Margarethe von Trotta was recently published by Edition Axel Menges.
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