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Dirty Real : Exile on Hollywood and Vine with the Gin Mill Cowboys
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The story of how the movies assumed a gritty facade in the name of authenticity, with working actors transforming into artists, poets, painters, troubadours, and filmmakers--both on- and off-screen. 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, parlayed 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. The result was a generation of movies, including The Hired Hand, Five Easy Pieces, Two-Lane Blacktop, The Last Picture Show, and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. 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.
| Author: Peter Stanfield |
| Publisher: Reaktion Books |
| Publication Date: Jul 22, 2024 |
| Number of Pages: 289 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Hardcover |
| ISBN-10: 1789148626 |
| ISBN-13: 9781789148626 |
Dirty Real : Exile on Hollywood and Vine with the Gin Mill Cowboys
$25.00
$23.29
Sale 7%
The story of how the movies assumed a gritty facade in the name of authenticity, with working actors transforming into artists, poets, painters, troubadours, and filmmakers--both on- and off-screen. 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, parlayed 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. The result was a generation of movies, including The Hired Hand, Five Easy Pieces, Two-Lane Blacktop, The Last Picture Show, and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. 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.
| Author: Peter Stanfield |
| Publisher: Reaktion Books |
| Publication Date: Jul 22, 2024 |
| Number of Pages: 289 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Hardcover |
| ISBN-10: 1789148626 |
| ISBN-13: 9781789148626 |
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