Hollywood Reborn

Movie Stars of the 1970s
Herausgeber: Morrison, James

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780813547497
• ISBN-10: 0813547490
• Artikelnr.: 28523966

Autorenporträt

JAMES MORRISON is a professor of literature and film studies at Claremont McKenna College. He is the author, coauthor, or editor of several books, including Roman Polanski and All That Heaven Allows: The Cinema of Todd Haynes.

Inhaltsangabe

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
Works Cited
Contributors
Index