American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979
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David A. Cook is Founding Director of the Film Studies program at Emory University, where he is Professor of Film. He is the author of A History of Narrative Film and the "Motion Picture History" entry in the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Acknowledgments Contributors Contents Preface: A Time of Illusion A Note on Box-Office Revenues A Note on Aspect Ratios 1 Introduction: A Decade of Change 2 Formative Industry Trends, 1970--1979 3 Manufacturing the Blockbuster: The "Newest Art Form of the Twentieth Century" 4 The Auteur Cinema: Directors and Directions in the "Hollywood Renaissance" 5 Genres 1: Revision, Transformation, and Revival 6 Genres II: Exploitation and Allusion 7 Orders of Magnitude I: Majors, Mini-Majors, "Instant Majors," and Independents 8 Orders of Magnitude II: Costs, Agents, Stars 9 Technological Innovation and Aesthetic Response 10 Motion Picture Exhibition in 1970s America Douglas Gornery 11 Looking Back and Turning Inward: American Documentary Films of the Seventies William Rothman 12 Avant-Garde Cinema of the Seventies Robin Blaetz Avant-Garde Cinema Filmography Appendixes: APPENDIX 1 ANNUAL U.S. BOX OFFICE RECEIPTS, 1970-1979 APPENDIX 2 AVERAGE WEEKLY ATTENDANCE, 1970-1980 APPENDIX 3 INFLATION 1970-1g8o, ACCORDING TO "CONSUMER PRICE INDEX" FIGURES COMPILED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMEHCE APPENDIX 4 AVERAGE TICKET PRICE IN THE U.S. EACH YEAR, 1970-1980 APPENDIX 5 NUMBER OF MOVIE THEATERS IN THE U.S., 1970-1980 APPENDIX 6 MAJOR COMPANY SHARE OF NEW RELEASES HANDLED BY NATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS, 1970-1980 APPENDIX 7 MARKET DOMINATION BY SIX LEADING DISTRIBUTORS OF THEATRICAL FILMS, 1977 AND 1980 APPENDIX 8 MARKETING EXPENSES FOR MAJOR RELEASES, 1970-1980 APPENDIX 9 MAJOR STUDIO REVENUES AND AFTER-TAX PROFITS, 1970-1980 APPENDIX 10 LATE SIXTIES FLOPS APPENDIX 11 HIT MOVIES OF THE 1968-1969 SEASON APPENDIX 12 TOP TwENTY RENTAL FILMS, 1970-1980 APPENDIX 13 NORTH AMERICAN RENTALS IN EXCESS OF $22.25 MILLION, 1970-1980 APPENDIX 14 MAJOR ACADEMY AWARDS, 1970-1980 Notes Bibliography Picture Sources General Index Index of Films