A Decade Under the Influence R
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 3 hours
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: September 30, 2003
- Originally Released: 2003
- Label: New Video Group
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Featured: | Robert Altman, Peter Bogdanovich, Ellen Burstyn, Julie Christie, Francis Ford Coppola, Roger Corman, William Friedkin, Pam Grier, Dennis Hopper, Paul Schrader, Martin Scorsese, Robert Towne & Jon Voight | |
Directed by | Ted Demme & Richard LaGravenese | |
Edited by | Meg Reticker | |
Composition by | John Kimbrough | |
Cinematography by | Clyde Smith & Anthony Jannelli | |
Produced by | Ted Demme, Richard LaGravenese, Gini Reticker & Jerry Kupfer | |
Executive Production by | Alison Bourke, Caroline Kaplan & Jonathan Sehring |
Entertainment Reviews:
...It is often remarked that the years between EASY RIDER (1969) and STAR WARS (1977) marked a second golden age in American filmmaking, and this documentary, as comprehensive as it is incisive, is a reminder of just how many terrific pictures came out during those years...
Los Angeles Times
Rating: 2.5/4 --
It's as if we're watching the equivalent of a VH1 special edited for an in-flight movie.
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Chicago Tribune
Rating: 3/4 --
The past is so bright here, co-directors Richard LaGravenese and the late Ted Demme must have worn shades.
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Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)
...The fact that this is the last project Ted Demme worked on gives it added poignancy....Essential...
Premiere
Rating: 4/5 --
Demme and LaGravenese are just as happy to let the directors bask in their past glories and reminisce about those crazy days.
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eFilmCritic.com
Rating: 3.5/5 --
Leaves us to wonder whether ever again will so many creative free spirits move into the mainstream in such numbers and with such success.
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Los Angeles Times
Rating: 3/4 --
...less of a serious, insightful documentary and more of a nostalgic love letter.
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
Product Description:
Examining the 1970s, the decade that has come to be seen as North American cinema's most revolutionary and experimental, this reverent documentary directed by Richard LaGravenese and the late Ted Demme interviews a handful of the key players and survivors of that fertile time. Beginning with EASY RIDER (1969) and other offshoots of producer/director Roger Corman's virtual training ground for young directors at b-movie studio American International Pictures, DECADE traces the trajectory of filmmakers such as Dennis Hopper, Peter Bogdanovich, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Robert Altman, William Friedkin, and Paul Schrader. With clips from TAXI DRIVER, SHAMPOO, MCCABE AND MRS. MILLER, THE GODFATHER, and many more, the film conveys the richness of talent that the 1970s film world possessed. But the birth of the blockbuster (namely JAWS and STAR WARS) raised the studios' expectations for financial performance in the industry, virtually killing the chances of riskier productions--a development which gave birth to the thriving independent scene we know today. While even the filmmakers go out of their way to point out that their film is by no means all-inclusive, A DECADE UNDER THE INFLUENCE is flashy and informative, a trip well worth taking for both the novice cinema-goer and film scholar alike.
Keywords:
Documentary
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Recommended
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Theatrical Release
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Cinema
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Film About Film
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Hollywood
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Actors
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1970s
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Filmmakers
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Filmmaking
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Film History
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Directors
Product Info
- ISBN: 0767057546
- UPC: 767685955734
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
- International Shipping: 1 item