Opening Wednesday at a Theater Or Dri..., Charles Taylor
Opening Wednesday at a Theater Or Dri..., Charles Taylor
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Opening Wednesday at a Theater Or Drive-In Near You
The Shadow Cinema of the American '70s

Author: Charles Taylor

Narrator: A.T. Chandler

Unabridged: 6 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/06/2017

Synopsis

When we think of '70s cinema, we think of classics like The Godfather and Taxi Driver . . . but the riches found in the overlooked B movies of the time, rolled out wherever they might find an audience, unexpectedly tell an eye-opening story about post-Watergate, post-Vietnam America. Revisiting the films that don't make the Academy Award montages, Charles Taylor finds a treasury many of us have forgotten, movies that in fact "unlock the secrets of the times."

Celebrated film critic Taylor pays homage to the trucker vigilantes, meat magnate pimps, blaxploitation "angel avengers," and taciturn factory workers of grungy, unartful B films such as Prime Cut, Foxy Brown, and Eyes of Laura Mars. He creates a compelling argument for what matters in moviemaking and brings a pivotal American era vividly to life in all its gritty, melancholy complexity.

About Charles Taylor

Charles Taylor is Professor Emeritus in the department of philosophy at McGill University and author of Sources of the Self, The Ethics of Authenticity, and A Secular Age. He has received many honors, including the Templeton Prize, the Berggruen Prize, and membership in the Order of Canada.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael

This would have gotten 4 stars if not for the conclusion. I mostly enjoyed reading this book. Anybody who appreciates "Ulzana's Raid" is okay with me. He did a good job writing about that one and "Hard Times," and he's persuaded me to give "Eyes of Laura Mars" and "Citizen's Band" a try. (And to give......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer

This book was a great start. I think the seventies were the golden age of cinema and was hoping for a thorough examination of the grindhouse b-movie genre. It had good information, but was sorely incomplete. There were scattered, brief discussions about a handful of movies. I just wanted more.......more

Goodreads review by Olivia

Charles Taylor's, "Opening Wednesday at a Theater Or Drive-In Near You: The Shadow Cinema of the American 1970s", was a piece that if I should take anything away from it, it would be to write with as much passion and such language as Taylor has done about what he treasures and dubs one of the last g......more

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