{"product_id":"taschen-100-movies-of-the-1970s","title":"100 Movies of the 1970s","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/9818\/5773\/files\/Taschen_Logo_black_f2euvp.png?v=1774562533\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor many film lovers, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1970s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003erepresent a high point in creativity, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ea golden age of individualist directors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e making their marks. In this book you’ll find a host of key movies of the era that saw a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eflowering of talent\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003earrival of the blockbuster\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e with the likes of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eJaws\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca data-uw-original-href=\"\/en\/collection\/star-wars\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/star-wars\/\" class=\"keyword-link\"\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__title\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Birth of the Blockbuster\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow the prodigies of the 1970s revolutionized cinema\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--content\"\u003eThe 1970s: that magical era betwixt the swinging ’60s and the decadent ’80s, the epoch of leisure suits and Afros, the age of disco music and platform shoes. As war raged on in Vietnam and the Cold War continued to escalate, Hollywood began to heat up, recovering from its commercial crisis with box-office successes such as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca data-uw-original-href=\"\/en\/collection\/star-wars\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/star-wars\/\" class=\"keyword-link\"\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJaws\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Exorcist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, and\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. Thanks to directors like\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpielberg\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLucas\u003c\/strong\u003e, American cinema gave birth to a new phenomenon:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ethe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eblockbuster\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, across the Atlantic, while the Nouvelle Vague died out in France, its influence extended to Germany, where the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew German Cinema\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFassbinder\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWenders\u003c\/strong\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHerzog\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehad its heyday. The\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003esexual revolution\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emade its way to the silver screen (cautiously in the U.S., more freely in Europe) most notably in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBertolucci\u003c\/strong\u003e’s steamy, scandalous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLast Tango in Paris\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e. Amid all this came a wave of\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003enostalgic films\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003cem\u003eThe Sting,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e The Last Picture Show\u003c\/em\u003e) and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVietnam pictures\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003cem\u003eApocalypse Now\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Deer Hunter\u003c\/em\u003e), the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003erise of the antihero\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman), and the prestigious short-lived genre,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eblaxploitation\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--biographies\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--title\"\u003eThe editor\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--text\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJürgen Müller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eholds the chair of Early Modern and Modern Art History at the Technical University of Dresden. He studied Art History at the universities of Bochum, Münster, Pisa, Paris, and Amsterdam, and has worked as an art critic and curator of numerous exhibitions. He is also the editor of TASCHEN’s movies by decade series.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--book-info\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--book-title\"\u003e100 Movies of the 1970s\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-information__book-details\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-testid=\"book-details--dimensions\"\u003e6.7\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ex\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e9.4\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein., \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-testid=\"book-details--weight\"\u003e4.16 lb, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e824 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--book-edition\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"read-more__biography--book-isbn\"\u003eISBN\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e978-3-8365-8727-3\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"edition-selection__single-edition\"\u003eEdition: English\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51945779003693,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/9818\/5773\/files\/FILM_100_MOVIES_OF_THE_1970S_GB_GB_3D_44418.jpg?v=1773771191","url":"https:\/\/peepasgiftstore.com\/products\/taschen-100-movies-of-the-1970s","provider":"Peepa's Gift Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}