Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0143115030 ISBN13: 9780143115038 Release Date: January 2009 Publisher: Penguin Books Length: 512 Pages Weight: 1.10 lbs. Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.4" Age Range: 18 years and up Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher One of The Hollywood Reporter's 100 Greatest Film Books of All Time "Pictures at a Revolution is probably one of the best books I've ever read in my life." --Quentin Tarantino The New York Times bestseller that follows the making of five films at a pivotal time in Hollywood history In the mid-1960s, westerns, war movies, and blockbuster musicals like Mary Poppins swept the box office. The Hollywood studio system was astonishingly lucrative for the few who dominated the business. That is, until the tastes of American moviegoers radically- and unexpectedly-changed. By the Oscar ceremonies of 1968, a cultural revolution had hit Hollywood with the force of a tsunami, and films like Bonnie and Clyde, The Gradu