Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Acknowledgments IX
4. Chapter One. Cards on the Table 1
5. Chapter Two. The Chase: Flashback, 1965 11
6. Chapter Three. Smart-Ass and Cutie-Pie: Notes Toward the Evaluation of Altman (1975) 26
7. Chapter Four. The Incoherent Text: Narrative in the 70s 46
8. Chapter Five. The American Nightmare: Horror in the 70s 70
9. Chapter Six. Normality and Monsters: The Films of Larry Cohen and George Romero 95
10. Chapter Seven. Brian De Palma: The Politics of Castration 135
11. Chapter Eight. Papering the Cracks: Fantasy and Ideology in the Reagan Era 162
12. Chapter Nine. Horror in the 80s 189
13. Chapter Ten. Images and Women 202
14. Chapter Eleven. From Buddies to Lovers 222
15. Chapter Twelve. Two Films by Martin Scorsese 245
16. Chapter Thirteen. Two Films by Michael Cimino 270
17. Bibliography 319
18. Index 321