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The era known as the Hollywood Renaissance is celebrated as a time when revolutionary movies broke all the rules of the previous \"classical\" era as part of the ferment of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Yet many films during this era did not overtly smash the system but provided more traditional entertainment, based on popular genres, for a wider audience than the youth culture who flocked to more transgressive fare. Ken Windrum focuses on four genres of traditionalist movies—big-budget musicals, war spectacles, \"naughty\" sex comedies, and Westerns. From El Dorado to Lost Horizons shows how even seemingly innocuous, family-oriented films still participated in the progressive aspects of the time while also holding a conservative point of view. Windrum analyzes representations of issues including gender roles, marriage, sexuality, civil rights, and Cold War foreign policy, revealing how these films dealt with changing times and reflected both status quo positions and new attitudes. He also examines how the movies continued or deviated from classical principles of structure and style. Windrum provides a counter-history of the Hollywood Renaissance by focusing on a group of important films that have nevertheless been neglected in scholarly accounts.
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The era known as the Hollywood Renaissance is celebrated as a time when revolutionary movies broke all the rules of the previous \"classical\" era as part of the ferment of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Yet many films during this era did not overtly smash the system but provided more traditional entertainment, based on popular genres, for a wider audience than the youth culture who flocked to more transgressive fare. Ken Windrum focuses on four genres of traditionalist movies—big-budget musicals, war spectacles, \"naughty\" sex comedies, and Westerns. From El Dorado to Lost Horizons shows how even seemingly innocuous, family-oriented films still participated in the progressive aspects of the time while also holding a conservative point of view. Windrum analyzes representations of issues including gender roles, marriage, sexuality, civil rights, and Cold War foreign policy, revealing how these films dealt with changing times and reflected both status quo positions and new attitudes. He also examines how the movies continued or deviated from classical principles of structure and style. Windrum provides a counter-history of the Hollywood Renaissance by focusing on a group of important films that have nevertheless been neglected in scholarly accounts.
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What is From El Dorado to Lost Horizons about?
The era known as the Hollywood Renaissance is celebrated as a time when revolutionary movies broke all the rules of the previous \"classical\" era as part of the ferment of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Yet many films during this era did not overtly smash the system but provided more traditional entertainment, based on popular genres, for a wider audience than the youth culture who flocked to more transgressive fare. Ken Windrum focuses on four genres of traditionalist movies—big-budget musicals, war spectacles, \"naughty\" sex comedies, and Westerns. From El Dorado to Lost Horizons shows how even seemingly innocuous, family-oriented films still participated in the progressive aspects of the time while also holding a conservative point of view. Windrum analyzes representations of issues including gender roles, marriage, sexuality, civil rights, and Cold War foreign policy, revealing how these films dealt with changing times and reflected both status quo positions and new attitudes. He also examines how the movies continued or deviated from classical principles of structure and style. Windrum provides a counter-history of the Hollywood Renaissance by focusing on a group of important films that have nevertheless been neglected in scholarly accounts.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in From El Dorado to Lost Horizons?
The Arts > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Film history, theory or criticism
Where can I read a sample of From El Dorado to Lost Horizons?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781438473970
How long is From El Dorado to Lost Horizons and how many pages does it have?
From El Dorado to Lost Horizons has 218 page(s)
Is From El Dorado to Lost Horizons part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series SUNY series, Horizons of Cinema
Who is/are the Author/s of the book From El Dorado to Lost Horizons?
Ken Windrum
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
From El Dorado to Lost Horizons is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781438473970) and paperback(ISBN 9781438473963) and pdf(ISBN 9781438473987)
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