There have always been and always will be auteurs in American film, if one considers the Hitchcocks and the Paul Thomas Andersons, but never in such abundance as there were in the 1970s. In both Hollywood and the world of independent ... Read >

There have always been and always will be auteurs in American film, if one considers the Hitchcocks and the Paul Thomas Andersons, but never in such abundance as there were in the 1970s. In both Hollywood and the world of independent horror films, directors in the seventies were experimenting with form and producing immensely creative work. And it was not just the talent of individual artists that made this possible, but also the context of the time. Show Less <