American Cinema of the 1970s: Themes and Variations

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C O N T E N T S Acknowledgments ix Timeline:The 1970s xi Introduction: Movies and the 1970s 1 LESTER D. FRIEDMAN 1970 Movies and the Movement 24 MIMI WHITE 1971 Movies and the Exploitation of Excess 48 MIA MASK 1972 Movies and Confession 71 MICHAEL DeANGELIS 1973 Movies and the Legacies of War and Corruption 95 FRANCES GATEWARD 1974 Movies and Political Trauma 116 DAVID COOK 1975 Movies and Conflicting Ideologies 135 GLENN MAN 1976 Movies and Cultural Contradictions 157 FRANK P. TOMASULO 1977 Movies and a Nation in Transformation 182 PAULA J. MASSOOD 1978 Movies and Changing Times 205 CHARLES J. MALAND 1979 Movies and the End of an Era 228 PETER LEV Select Academy Awards, 1970 –1979 251 Works Cited and Consulted 257 Contributors 267 Index 271 ...