400 Pages
by Routledge

400 Pages
by Routledge

400 Pages
by Routledge

The Road Movie Book is the first comprehensive study of an enduring but ever-changing Hollywood genre, its place in American culture, and its legacy to world cinema. The road and the cinema both flourished in the twentieth century, as technological advances brought motion pictures to a mass audience and the mass produced automobile opened up the road to the ordinary American. When Jean... Read more
List of plates, Notes on contributors, INTRODUCTION, Part I Mapping boundaries, Part II American roads, Part III Alternative routes, Index of films, General index

Biography

Steven Cohan, Ina Rae Hark

'...hits the tar-mac with some superb pieces on the genre.' - Howard Maxford, Film Review