A certain tendency of the Hollywood cinema, 1930-1980

Classic Hollywood (1930-1945): A certain tendency of the American cinema: classic Hollywood's formal and thematic paradigms -- Real and disguised Westerns: classic Hollywood's variations of its thematic paradigms -- The culmination of classic Hollywood: Casablanca -- Classic Hollywood's holding pattern: the combat films of World War II -- The postwar period (1946-1966): The dissolution of the homogeneous audience and Hollywood's response: cult films, problem pictures, and inflation -- The discrepancy between intent and effect: Film noir, youth rebellion pictures, musicals, and Westerns -- Its a wonderful life and The man who shot Liberty Valance -- The contemporary period (1967-1980): The 1960s: frontier metaphors, developing self-consciousness, and new waves -- The left and right cycles -- The godfather and Taxi driver.

A certain tendency of the Hollywood cinema, 1930-1980

Classic Hollywood (1930-1945): A certain tendency of the American cinema: classic Hollywood's formal and thematic paradigms -- Real and disguised Westerns: classic Hollywood's variations of its thematic paradigms -- The culmination of classic Hollywood: Casablanca -- Classic Hollywood's holding pattern: the combat films of World War II -- The postwar period (1946-1966): The dissolution of the homogeneous audience and Hollywood's response: cult films, problem pictures, and inflation -- The discrepancy between intent and effect: Film noir, youth rebellion pictures, musicals, and Westerns -- Its a wonderful life and The man who shot Liberty Valance -- The contemporary period (1967-1980): The 1960s: frontier metaphors, developing self-consciousness, and new waves -- The left and right cycles -- The godfather and Taxi driver.