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Dirty Real
Exile on Hollywood and Vine with the Gin Mill Cowboys
Peter Stanfield
- 344 pages
- English
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Dirty Real
Exile on Hollywood and Vine with the Gin Mill Cowboys
Peter Stanfield
About This Book
The story of how the movies assumed a gritty facade in the name of authenticity, with working actors transforming into artists, poets, painters, troubadours, and filmmakersâboth on- and off-screen. This is the tale of how Hollywood, inspired by the success of Easy Rider, sold a cycle of films as the new dirty real. Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, Monte Hellman, Jack Nicholson, Kris Kristofferson, and Sam Peckinpah, among others, parlayed a nostalgia for the gutter and donned bohemian personae, pulling on soiled shirts and scuffed boots to better counter the glamour and phoniness of Tinseltown. The result was a generation of movies, including The Hired Hand, Five Easy Pieces, Two-Lane Blacktop, The Last Picture Show, and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. With great care for the historical record and displaying a refined critical acuity, Peter Stanfield captures that pivotal moment when Hollywood tried to sell a begrimed vision of itself to the world.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction: Dirt for Dirtâs Own Sake
- 1 The Hired Hand: Circling Back to the End Again
- 2 The Last Movie: Dennis Hopperâs Three-Ring Circus
- 3 The Last Picture Show, Five Easy Pieces and Payday: Cowboy Rhythm on ktrn
- 4 The Shooting, Ride in the Whirlwind and Two-Lane Blacktop: Whoâs Monte Hellman, You Ask?
- 5 Cisco Pike: Kris Kristofferson Has Got a Great Future Behind Him
- 6 Dirty Little Billy: Scuffling on Madison Ave
- 7 McCabe and Mrs Miller: Pipe Dreams â Lows and Highs
- 8 Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid: Angels Descend and Graves Open
- Conclusion: Bring Me the Head
- Select Filmography
- References
- Select Bibliography
- Photo Acknowledgements
- Index