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The Stewardess Is Flying the Plane!: American Films of the 1970s

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Growing up during the 70's, I saw many of these movies but was oblivious to their histories and the prevalent themes of the time. Hogan's writing is elegant and he takes on the subject with a thorough directness suited for any reader. Overall this is a beautiful book, the photos are gorgeous -- it makes me want to rent movies I had long forgotten and introduces me to a number of new ones.

It's not just a coffee table book, though, if you're in the mood to flip through for fun when you can't find your reading glasses, it will certainly do- but it is a serious text about the why and who of this era or film- odd-ball details, quotes and special pages for the BIG stars (even Charlton Heston, who was a main crush of yours truly before I learned about his politics).

This is the kind of book you can buy for a friend who loves movies or buy for yourself. Either way, leave it out when people come over. You will talk, laugh, and if you're old enough- remember that date who talked through Vanishing Point so you had to go see it again to savor Barry Newman without interference. Highly recommended.

The Stewardess is Flying the Plane!American Films of the 1970's:

Is a okay book,a quick glance at some picked movies,including some of my favorites: Dirty Harry,Corvette Summer, not really much for text except some info and the so-called "counterculture" of some movies(boring and typical). overall okay book and nothing you don't already know.

The pictures are the main selling point here. Unfortunately the text is shaky . It offers a cursory study of the films of the decade and the writer appears to have used poor research methods as evidenced by a profile he offers on George Kennedy in which he mistakenly states that he played a sadistic prison guard in the 1967 COOL HAND LUKE. Kennedy actually won an oscar for that film and played a slow witted prisoner . The introductory interview with Peter Bogdonovich is also pointless as the director doesn't recall seeing many movies from the decade and shoots down the writer's thesis when he states that filmmakers of the period weren't any more a close knit community than directors of previous decades.