The Birth of the Blockbuster. How the prodigies of the 1970s revolutionized cinema. The 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
Star Wars, Jaws,
The Exorcist, and
The Godfather. Thanks to directors like Spielberg and Lucas, American cinema gave birth to a new phenomenon: the blockbuster. Hardcover, 824 pages. PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY NOW.
