The Limits of Auteurism: Case Studies in the Critically Constructed New Hollywood

by Nicholas Godfrey

The New Hollywood era of the late 1960s and early 1970s has become one of the most romanticized periods in motion picture history, celebrated for its stylistic boldness, thematic complexity, and the unshackling of directorial ambition. The Limits of Auteurism aims to challenge many of these assumptions. Beginning with the commercial success of Easy Rider in 1969, and ending two years later with the critical and commercial failure of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813589142
• ISBN13: 9780813589145
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher