{"product_id":"9781632868176","title":"Opening Wednesday at a Theater or Drive-In Near You: The Shadow Cinema of the American '70s","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Movie criticism's Dostoyevsky . . . Taylor reveals a national identity forged from the innocence we claim to have lost but never had in the first place.” --Steve Erickson, author of \u003ci\u003eZeroville\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen we think of '70s cinema, we think of classics like \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGodfather\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTaxi Driver\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Bunch\u003c\/i\u003e . . . but the riches found in the overlooked B movies of the time, rolled out wherever they might find an audience, unexpectedly tell an eye-opening story about post-Watergate, post-Vietnam America. Revisiting the films that don't make the Academy Award montages, Charles Taylor finds a treasury many of us have forgotten, movies that in fact \"unlock the secrets of the times.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Celebrated film critic Taylor pays homage to the trucker vigilantes, meat magnate pimps, blaxploitation \"angel avengers,\" and taciturn factory workers of grungy, unartful B films such as \u003ci\u003ePrime Cut\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFoxy Brown\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEyes of Laura Mars\u003c\/i\u003e. He creates a compelling argument for what matters in moviemaking and brings a pivotal American era vividly to life in all its gritty, melancholy complexity.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47149261226224,"sku":"9781632868176","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781632868176_p0.jpg?v=1763675139","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781632868176","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}