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Terrence Malick’s Badlands arrived in 1973 during an era of unprecedented creative freedom when New Hollywood visionaries such as Coppola and Scorsese produced challenging and original cinema. Yet with its contemplative tone, natural imagery and dreamy atmosphere, Badlands seemed somewhat incongruous amongst the decade’s more subversive films. Though now regarded as a classic, it is still something of a neglected film.
Cult Cinema offers a reading of the film measuring it against the decade’s more celebrated films, Paul Outhwaite presenting its themes in a cultural context and exploring how its ideas offer a criticism of 1970s America and the failed ideals of the counterculture. It looks at how the film is underpinned by the two main characters, Kit Carruthers and Holly Sargis, searching for meaning and identity, leading to an original contemporary reading of the film in an age when the cult of celebrity dominates.
This engaging interpretation journeys through the narrative, connecting it to the true crimes on which Badlands is based, the iconography of James Dean, the alienation permeating New Hollywood’s output and the imagery of Americana. Outhwaite adeptly links 1950s and 1970s society in cultural and political terms and shows how Badlands relates to both eras. In this, the book also explores connections with other films such as Rebel Without A Cause, The Sadist, Easy Rider and Vanishing Point.
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This is the first in a series of books analysing cult films, each one covering the many facets of film in a readable and original manner. These books are not only intended for students of film, but also anyone who loves film studies that isn’t bogged down with pretension.
Paul Outhwaite’s previous books include the cult science-fiction satire, Automatic Living, and One Consciousness, his analysis of stand-up comedian Bill Hicks.
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Paul Outhwaite’s previous books include the cult science-fiction satire, Automatic Living, and One Consciousness, his analysis of stand-up comedian Bill Hicks.
Terrence Malick's Badlands arrived in 1973 during an era of unprecedented creative freedom when the New Hollywood of visionaries such as Coppola and Scorsese produced challenging and original cinema. Yet with its contemplative tone, natural imagery and dreamy atmosphere, Badlands seemed somewhat incongruous amongst the decade's more subversive films. Though now regarded as a classic, it is still something of a neglected film. D.M. Cinema Productions (an imprint of D.M. Productions) has produced the first in a series of books on Cult Cinema. The first, Badlands - Terrence Malick offers a reading of the film measuring it against the decade's more celebrated films, Paul Outhwaite presenting its themes in a cultural context and exploring how its ideas offer a criticism of 1970s America and the failed ideals of the counterculture. It looks at how the film is underpinned by the two main characters, Kit Carruthers and Holly Sargis, searching for meaning and identity, leading to an original contemporary reading of the film in an age when the cult of celebrity dominates.This engaging interpretation journeys through the narrative, connecting it to the true crimes on which Badlands is based, the iconography of James Dean, the alienation permeating New Hollywood's output and the imagery of Americana.
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- PublisherD.M. Cinema Productions
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0953746143
- ISBN 13 9780953746149
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages71
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