Revolution!: The Explosion of World Cinema in the Sixties
Select Format
Select Condition 
Book Overview
From across the world young film-makers emerged from nowhere to challenge the dreary conformity of the 50s and flout the taboos (both sexual and political) of their age. The foot-soldiers in this revolution included Godard, Truffaut, Pasolini and Bertolucci, Oshima and Forman and Polanski and Cassavetes. Peter Cowie was in the thick of this cultural foment, not least when some of these firebrands shut down the Cannes film festival in the heady May of 1969. This title recaptures the cultural mood of the 60s through numerous interviews with key film-making talents of the time.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0571209033
ISBN13:9780571209033
Release Date:June 2004
Publisher:Faber & Faber
Length:286 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.7"
Customer Reviews
1 rating
A wonderful survey of an entire era
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
This is a wonderful, well-written and informative text on the cinema in the '60's. It's main focus is the European film industry, and through first-hand accounts, interviews and retrospective narratives, Cowie deftly examines the decade of revolution and how the cinema changed and the personalities who contributed to the art form's liberation. There are a number of names and films explored that are by now standard and should be studied (Fellini, Bergman, Wajda, "Persona," "L'Avventura") and a host of others who are more obscure but are deservedly mentioned (Schlondorff, Makavejev, Glauber Rocha, "Black God, White Devil"). Indispensable for anyone interested in the era, or European cinema in general.
Copyright © 2025 Thriftbooks.com
Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information | Cookie Policy | Cookie Preferences | Accessibility Statement
ThriftBooks ® and the ThriftBooks ® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
ThriftBooks ® and the ThriftBooks ® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
