Dirty Real

Exile on Hollywood and Vine with the Gin Mill Cowboys

Peter Stanfield

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Reaktion Books
01 September 2024

Film, TV & Radio; Film theory & criticism

This is the tale of how Hollywood, inspired by the success of Easy Rider, sold a cycle of films as the new dirty real. Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, Monte Hellman, Jack Nicholson, Kris Kristofferson and Sam Peckinpah, among others, drew on a nostalgia for the gutter and donned bohemian personae, pulling on soiled shirts and scuffed boots, to better counter the glamour and phoniness of Tinseltown. With great care for the historical record and displaying a refined critical acuity, Peter Stanfield captures that pivotal moment when Hollywood tried to sell a begrimed vision of itself to the world.

By: Peter Stanfield
Imprint: Reaktion Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
ISBN: 9781789148626
ISBN 10: 1789148626
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 01 September 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Introduction: Dirt for Dirt's Own Sake 1 The Hired Hand: Circling Back to the End Again 2 The Last Movie: Dennis Hopper's Three-Ring Circus 3 The Last Picture Show, Five Easy Pieces and Payday: Cowboy Rhythm on KTRN 4 The Shooting, Ride in the Whirlwind and Two-Lane Blacktop: Who's Monte Hellman, You Ask? 5 Cisco Pike: Kris Kristofferson Has Got a Great Future behind Him 6 Dirty Little Billy: Scuffling on Madison Ave 7 McCabe and Mrs Miller: Pipe Dreams - Lows and Highs 8 Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid: Angels Descend and Graves Open Conclusion: Bring Me the Head Select Filmography References Select Bibliography Photo Acknowledgements Index

Peter Stanfield is Emeritus Professor of Film at the University of Kent. His publications include A Band with Built-In Hate: The Who from Pop Art to Punk and Pin-Ups 1972: Third Generation Rock 'n' Roll, both published by Reaktion.

Reviews for Dirty Real: Exile on Hollywood and Vine with the Gin Mill Cowboys

"""Stanfield . . . delivers a discerning deep dive into counterculture films of the late 1960s and early '70s. According to Stanfield, such actors as Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Jack Nicholson played down the glamour that had previously characterized Hollywood stars in favor of grittier personas that reflected an emerging understanding that movies were no longer 'means of escape but a means of approaching a problem.' Astute analysis of key films of the era reveal how they tackled topical issues. . . . It's a sharp study of the contradictions of post-flower power cinema.""-- ""Publishers Weekly"""