Dirty real: exile on Hollywood and Vine with the Gin Mill Cowboys

"This is the tale of how Hollywood, inspired by the success of Easy Rider, sold a cycle of films as the new dirty real. Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, Monte Hellman, Jack Nicholson, Kris Kristofferson, and Sam Peckinpah, among others, drew on a nostalgia for the gutter and donned bohemian personae...

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Main Author: Stanfield, Peter 1958- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London, UK Reaktion Books 2024
Edition:First published
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Summary:"This is the tale of how Hollywood, inspired by the success of Easy Rider, sold a cycle of films as the new dirty real. Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, Monte Hellman, Jack Nicholson, Kris Kristofferson, and Sam Peckinpah, among others, drew on a nostalgia for the gutter and donned bohemian personae, pulling on soiled shirts and scuffed boots to better counter the glamour and phoniness of Tinseltown. With great care for the historical record and displaying a refined critical acuity, Peter Stanfield captures that pivotal moment when Hollywood tried to sell a begrimed vision of itself to the world"--Dust jacket
Physical Description:288 Seiten 32 Illustrationen 23 cm
ISBN:9781789148626
1789148626

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