EAN: 9783631619124

AMERICAN CINEMA IN TRANSITION THE WESTERN IN NE...

Using the example of the fundamental American film genre  the Western  this book sets out to
evaluate modern Hollywood on the basis of aesthetic  industrial  and ideological factors by the
comparison of its formative stage New Hollywood (1967-1976) with its contemporary make up
Hollywood Now (2001-now). The centerpiece of the book is the analysis of a broad range of
Westerns  incorporating roughly 100 films and presenting fresh perspectives on classics like
The Wild Bunch and Little Big Man   but also discussing neglected films like Billy Two Hats and
Bad Company   and modern films such as Brokeback Mountain and No Country for Old Men . A main
argument is that the Western has developed from a predominantly conservative genre in classical
Hollywood to a medium for artistic innovation and subversive political implications in New
Hollywood to a cultural artifact that bespeaks a self-reflexive scrutiny of cinematic artifice
in Hollywood Now.

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