{"product_id":"9781978840720-cinema-62","title":"Cinema '62","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Greatest Year at the Movies\u003cbr\u003eChallenging the common assumption that the early 1960s were a drab time for American film, this book makes the bold case that 1962 was a peak year for the movies, giving audiences a prime mix of adult, artistic, and uncompromising work from Hollywood veterans, hot young directors, and international auteurs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLawrence of Arabia, The Miracle Worker, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Manchurian Candidate, Gypsy, Sweet Bird of Youth, The Longest Day, The Music Man, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane, \u003c\/i\u003eand more.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost conventional film histories dismiss the early 1960s as a pallid era, a downtime between the heights of the classic studio system and the rise of New Hollywood directors like Scorsese and Altman in the 1970s. It seemed to be a moment when the movie industry was floundering as the popularity of television caused a downturn in cinema attendance\u003ci\u003e. Cinema ’62 \u003c\/i\u003echallenges these assumptions by making the bold claim that 1962 was a peak year for film, with a high standard of quality that has not been equaled since.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Stephen Farber and Michael McClellan show how 1962 saw great late-period work by classic Hollywood directors like John Ford, Howard Hawks, and John Huston, as well as stars like Bette Davis, James Stewart, Katharine Hepburn, and Barbara Stanwyck. Yet it was also a seminal year for talented young directors like Sidney Lumet, Sam Peckinpah, and Stanley Kubrick, not to mention rising stars like Warren Beatty, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Peter O’Toole, and Omar Sharif. Above all, 1962—the year of \u003ci\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Manchurian Candidate\u003c\/i\u003e—gave cinema attendees the kinds of adult, artistic, and uncompromising visions they would never see on television, including classics from Fellini, Bergman, and Kurosawa. Culminating in an analysis of the year’s Best Picture winner and top-grossing film, \u003ci\u003eLawrence of Arabia\u003c\/i\u003e, and the factors that made that magnificent epic possible, \u003ci\u003eCinema ’62\u003c\/i\u003e makes a strong case that the movies peaked in the Kennedy era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41654340714593,"sku":"9781978840720","price":20.61,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29608042.jpg?v=1742887494","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781978840720-cinema-62","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}