The 1970s were a Golden Age for American film-making, with the emergence of such talents as Scorsese, Coppola, Spielberg, Lucas, De Palma, Altman, and Malick. Ryan Gilbey now looks afresh at the remarkable movies of this era, and their gifted makers.
These directors cultivated a fascinating eclecticism, driven by creative hunger and insatiable imagination. But what in the American scene were they reacting against, and just as crucially, what were they celebrating (or pillaging from other sources)?
Gilbey takes each film and assesses its place in history while also scrutinising it as if it were coming to a cinema near you this Friday . . .
