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Old Films, Young Eyes: A Teenage Take on Hollywood's Golden Age - Softcover

Elias, Simone O.

 
9781476696591: Old Films, Young Eyes: A Teenage Take on Hollywood's Golden Age
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1476696594 ISBN 13: 9781476696591
Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

Why would a modern teenager find classic films enthralling? This book presents an eye-opening tour of how old movies foreshadowed, influenced--and continue to shape--popular culture in many surprising ways. From foreseeing today's image-dominated social media landscape to ushering rock music into the mainstream and sparking elements of the #MeToo movement, classic movies remain relevant and inspiring.

Despite prevailing attitudes that old films are outdated, many golden-age movies dramatically broke boundaries around racism and antisemitism. They predicted current trends around divorce and sexual relations. The classics helped shape current icons like Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga, as well as foreshadowing more sobering events such as the COVID-19 pandemic. A Gen Z-age cultural critic, author Simone O. Elias presents an insider's perspective on the socio-cultural impact of classic Hollywood films on a modern generation.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Simone O. Elias started her career in podcasting: producing, and writing for Teenage Golden Age, a podcast about classic Hollywood from the teenage perspective. She focuses on classic films, screenwriting, and songwriting. She divides her time between Placerville and Berkeley, California.

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Verlag
McFarland & Co Inc
Erscheinungsdatum
2025
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1476696594
ISBN 13 
9781476696591
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
132
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