American Films of the 70s: Conflicting Visions

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Contents Preface xi Introduction: ‘‘nobody knows anything’’ xv Part 1 chapter 1: hippie generation 3 Easy Rider Alice’s Restaurant Five Easy Pieces chapter 2: vigilantes and cops 22 Joe The French Connection Dirty Harry Death Wish chapter 3: disaster and conspiracy 40 Airport The Poseidon Adventure Jaws The Parallax View Chinatown chapter 4: the end of the sixties 60 Nashville Shampoo Between the Lines The Return of the Secaucus Seven The Big Chill Part 2 chapter 5: last tango in paris: or art, sex, and hollywood 77 chapter 6: teen films 90 American Graffiti Cooley High Animal House Diner Fast Times at Ridgemont High chapter 7: general patton and colonel kurtz 107 Patton Apocalypse Now chapter 8: from blaxploitation to african american film 127 Shaft Superfly Claudine Leadbelly Killer of Sheep chapter 9: feminisms 142 Hester Street An Unmarried Woman Girlfriends Starting Over Head over Heels/Chilly Scenes of Winter Coming Home The China Syndrome viii american films of the 70s chapter 10: whose future? 165 Star Wars Alien Blade Runner Conclusion 181 appendix 1: time line, 1968–1983: american history, american film 187 appendix 2: filmography 199 Notes 205 Bibliography 221 Index 229 ix contents THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...