October 09, 2005
Hollywood's Second Golden Age
Film historians like Peter Biskind (Easy Riders, Raging Bulls) have taught us a new way of looking at '70s Hollywood: Films like Five Easy Pieces and The Last Picture Show are now held up as icons of American cinema's second golden age, while the role of Steven Spielberg (right) and George Lucas in changing the way we watch new movies is more fully recognized. But there are so many more films and filmmakers waiting to be rediscovered...
The Stewardess Is Flying the Plane! is a lavishly illustrated and informative look at more than 400 films of the decade, not only acknowledged masterpieces like The Godfather and Taxi Driver, but cult faves like Kansas City Bomber...and even spectacular flops like Myra Breckinridge. Ron Hogan's commentary places the films in the context of a time when the counterculture became America's culture. With 310 color and black-and-white images, Stewardess! is the most comprehensive overview available of this fascinating era in American film.
Posted by editor at October 9, 2005 11:55 PM