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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.

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"""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"""

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Peter Stanfield is professor emeritus of film at the University of Kent. His books include A Band with Built-In Hate: The Who from Pop Art to Punk and Pin-Ups 1972: Third Generation Rock 'n' Roll, both also published by Reaktion Books. He lives in Kent.

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