The Big Tomorrow: Hollywood and the Politics of the American Way
"One of the best books ever written about the
movies."--Tom Ryan, "The Age In this daring reexamination
of the connections between national politics and Hollywood movies,
Lary May offers a fresh interpretation of American culture from the
New Deal through the Cold War--one in which a populist, egalitarian
ethos found itself eventually supplanted by a far different view of
the nation.
"The most exhilarating work of revisionist film history since Pauline Kael's 'Citizen Kane'... It's been a long time since the world of film has received as invigoratingly coherent an overview as May's." - Jay Carr, Boston Globe "One of the best books ever written about the movies." - Tom Ryan, The Age "A startling, revisionist history of Hollywood's impact on politics and American culture.... A convincing and important addition to American cultural criticism." - Publishers Weekly
Lary May is professor of American studies at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of Screening Out the Past and editor of Recasting America.
