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It Don't Worry Me: Nashville, Jaws, Star Wars and beyond [Illustrated] (Hardcover)

by Ryan Gilbey (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber; illustrated edition edition (17 Mar 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 057121486X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571214860
  • Product Dimensions: 21.5 x 14.8 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 941,935 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The 1970s were the Golden Age for American film-making, with the emergence of such talents as Scorsese, Coppola, Spielberg, Lucas, De Palma, Altman, and Malick. Ryan Gilbey looks afresh at the remarkable movies of this era, and their gifted makers. Today these directors are sometimes lambasted as sellouts or burn-outs, but their best films of the seventies - from "American Graffiti" to "The Conversation", "Nashville" to "Carrie", "Badlands" to "Taxi Driver" - still feel as urgent and innovative as they did on first release, and still inspire young film-makers at a time when movies are once more depressingly formulaic. These directors cultivated a fascinating eclecticism, driven by creative hunger and insatiable imagination. But what in the American scene were they reacting against, and just as crucially, what were they celebrating (or pillaging from other sources)? Gilbey also considers directors who established a body of work in the seventies (Woody Allen), who blossomed as the decade progressed (David Lynch, Jonathan Demme), or who were prominent figures without being prolific (Stanley Kubrick, Terence Malick). He takes each film and assesses its place in history while also scrutinizing it as if it were coming to a cinema near you this Friday.


About the Author

Ryan Gilbey is a freelance film journalist. Previously he has been film critic for the Independent and for the Daily Express. He has also contributed to a variety of magazine publications, including Sight and Sound. This is his first book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun find on holiday,..., 16 Feb 2007
By HL Murphy "dedicatedunistudent" (N.Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It Don't Worry Me: The Revolutionary American Films of the Seventies (Paperback)
I am a former film student so am a sucker for these kind of these books. Yet, Gilbey's view on the 70's American film may be at times what we've all heard before but mainly his is a fresh view and offers a new way of looking at great films which are falling into the trap of being seen as hackneyed examples of the works of enfant terribles. His writings and observations on the work of Coppola, Altman, Allen and especially Lucas and Speilberg highlight aspects of their work that we as viewers may have overlooked due to familiarity. I found this book while on holiday and whiled away many hours and found myself unable to put the book down!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating take on this exciting era in cinema history, 30 Mar 2003
By C James (London.) - See all my reviews
I am an avid reader of Ryan Gilbey's film reviews and although I do not always agree with the man, he sure knows his onions. This is a fresh look at the classic films and film-makers of the 70's. The interesting premise is in setting the reviews without the benefit of hindsight. Fascinating and oddly poetic in it's execution.
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