Mainstream maverick : John Hughes and New Hollywood cinema /
Chard, Holly,
Mainstream maverick : John Hughes and New Hollywood cinema / Holly Chard. - Austin : University of Texas Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource (viii, 273 pages)
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Making of "John Hughes" -- 1. Building a Brand: Universal (1984-1985) -- 2. Realities and Fantasies of Suburban Adolescence -- 3. The Creative Producer: Paramount (1985-1987) -- 4. Gender, Generation, and Coming-of-Age in 1980s America -- 5. Solid Family Fare: Universal (1988-1990) and Warner Brothers (1987-1993) -- 6. Pressures of Parenthood and Fantasies of Childhood -- 7. Family Film Franchises: 20th Century Fox (1989-1997) -- 8. Slapstick, Sentimentality, and the American Family -- Conclusion: Mainstream Maverick? -- Notes -- Index
"Chard examines the filmmaker Hughes's career in New Hollywood cinema and explores his ability to achieve mainstream success while maintaining creative control over his films and making his name into a brand. She uses his example to question broader understandings of how New Hollywood worked in the 1980s and 1990s and the nature of authorship in filmmaking"--
9781477321317
Hughes, John, 1950-2009.
Motion picture industry--History--20th century.
Motion picture authorship.
Motion picture producers and directors--Biography.
Electronic Books.
PN1998 / .M356 2020
Mainstream maverick : John Hughes and New Hollywood cinema / Holly Chard. - Austin : University of Texas Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource (viii, 273 pages)
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Making of "John Hughes" -- 1. Building a Brand: Universal (1984-1985) -- 2. Realities and Fantasies of Suburban Adolescence -- 3. The Creative Producer: Paramount (1985-1987) -- 4. Gender, Generation, and Coming-of-Age in 1980s America -- 5. Solid Family Fare: Universal (1988-1990) and Warner Brothers (1987-1993) -- 6. Pressures of Parenthood and Fantasies of Childhood -- 7. Family Film Franchises: 20th Century Fox (1989-1997) -- 8. Slapstick, Sentimentality, and the American Family -- Conclusion: Mainstream Maverick? -- Notes -- Index
"Chard examines the filmmaker Hughes's career in New Hollywood cinema and explores his ability to achieve mainstream success while maintaining creative control over his films and making his name into a brand. She uses his example to question broader understandings of how New Hollywood worked in the 1980s and 1990s and the nature of authorship in filmmaking"--
9781477321317
Hughes, John, 1950-2009.
Motion picture industry--History--20th century.
Motion picture authorship.
Motion picture producers and directors--Biography.
Electronic Books.
PN1998 / .M356 2020