Skip to content

Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan . . . and Beyond
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan . . . and Beyond Hardcover - 2003

by Robin Wood


From the publisher

This classic of film criticism, long considered invaluable for its eloquent study of a problematic period in film history, is now substantially updated and revised by the author to include chapters beyond the Reagan era and into the twenty-first century. For the new edition, Robin Wood has written a substantial new preface that explores the interesting double context within which the book can be read-that in which it was written and that in which we find ourselves today. Among the other additions to this new edition are a celebration of modern "screwball" comedies like My Best Friend's Wedding, and an analysis of '90s American and Canadian teen movies in the vein of American Pie, Can't Hardly Wait, and Rollercoaster. Also included are a chapter on Hollywood today that looks at David Fincher and Jim Jarmusch (among others) and an illuminating essay on Day of the Dead.

Details

  • Title Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan . . . and Beyond
  • Author Robin Wood
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Rev Exp
  • Pages 480
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Columbia University Press, New York, NY
  • Date 2003-07
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780231129664 / 0231129661
  • Weight 1.48 lbs (0.67 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.34 x 1.1 in (23.37 x 16.10 x 2.79 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1950-1999
  • Library of Congress subjects Motion pictures - United States - History, Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003043514
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.430

Media reviews

Citations

  • Choice, 01/01/2004, Page 915

About the author

Robin Wood is a founding editor of CineAction and author of Hitchcock's Films Revisited (Revised Edition, Columbia, 2002) and Sexual Politics and Narrative Film (Columbia, 1998). He is professor emeritus at York University and the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Cinema Studies.