America on Film in the 1970s

List creator: calgodot Created on: September 29, 2004 - 7:05 PM PDT Description: Syllabus for Cinema 5 class at Santa Monica College (Fall 2004)

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	A Decade Under the Influence (2003)			Not Rated
Course Orientation & Introduction
	Five Easy Pieces (Criterion) (1970)
Youth Culture: The Alienated "ME" Generation
	Joe (1970)
The Counterculture Backlash
	Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
African-American Images & Issues in 1970s Urban Centers
	Mean Streets (1973)
Ethnic Images & Issues in 1970s Urban Centers
	Chinatown (1974)
Politically-Inspired Genre Metaphor
	Shampoo (1975)
Mid-70s Culture: Men & Sexual Issues
	Jaws (1975)
1970s Directorial Voices: Steven Spielburg
	Taxi Driver (1976)
1970s Directorial Voices: Martin Scorsese & Paul Schrader
	Network (1976)
1970s View of Corporate Media: Television & Paddy Chayevsky
	Coming Home (1978)
The Vietnam War in Movies of the 1970s; The Women's Movement & Female Liberation
	The China Syndrome (1979)
Art Inspiring Life: Reality vs. Fiction in Late 70s America
	Boogie Nights (1997)
1990s Hollywood Looking Back at the 1970s from a Contemporary Perspective