Decade Under The Influence

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Director : Ted Demme, Richard LaGravenese
Actor : Milos Forman, Ellen Burstyn, Julie Christie, Pam Grier, Clint Eastwood
Format : PAL
Aspect Ratio : 1.77:1
Binding : DVD
EAN : 5014138039684
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : DVD
Region Code : 2
Release Date : 2004-04-26
Studio : 2 Entertain Video

ASIN : B00018HTIM

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How did Hollywood make so many great, challenging, offbeat films in the 1970s? A Decade Under the Influence lists the reasons--or rather, lets the people who did the filmmaking list the reasons. The decade-shaping interviewees include Martin Scorsese, Robert Altman, Francis Coppola, et al. The film's argument has actually been conventional wisdom for at least 10 years, but it's well-supported by an abundance of clips, which should inspire even hardcore film buffs to seek out rarities such as Thunderbolt and Lightfoot or The King of Marvin Gardens. One might observe that the scarcity of women directors or black filmmakers suggests that the decade was not entirely golden, and the memories may be burnished a bit by nostalgia. But there's no question that the big studios were far more adventurous back then, and this briskly moving survey gives a lively Film 101 lecture in exactly why. --Robert HortonProduct Description
The 1970s was an extraordinary time of rebellion. As political activism, the sexual revolution, the women's movement, and the music revolution contributed to social unrest across America, American cinema witnessed the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers.

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