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New American Cinema and After

The Closing of the Frontier, Disorientation, Left-Right Polarization Robert B. Ray, A Certain Tendency of the Hollywood Cinema, 1930-1980 Who shot Liberty Valance, Tom the outlaw hero or Ranse the official hero?  Why is the question important?  More accurately, why is … Continue reading

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