Description:
This book provides a revisionist account of the Hollywood Renaissance period by discussing (and thus memorialising) 24 directors of note who have not yet been given a proper place in the larger history of the period.
Brief description:
Dominic Lennard is a Teaching Fellow in the Pre-degree Programs at the University of Tasmania. He is the
author of Bad Seeds and Holy Terrors: The Child Villains of Horror Film (SUNY Press, 2014) and Brute
Force: Animal Horror Movies (SUNY, 2019).
Review Quotes: The Other Hollywood Renaissance is an extraordinary volume which testifies to the incredible richness of 1970s cinema. These 23 concise, eloquent and keenly insightful auteurist essays, expertly assembled, recover and re-examine the considerable achievements of a wide array of directors, ranging from the highly esteemed and well-known (Sidney Lumet, Mike Nichols and Terrence Malick) to the highly neglected (John Boorman, Elaine May and Alan Rudolph). Like the best critics, these authors compel us to watch the films anew with a fresh appreciation of their directors' work.--Matthew Bernstein, Emory University