Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. Preface XI
4. Introduction to CinemaTexas 1
5. Reflections on CinemaTexas 8
6. I. USA FILM HISTORY
7. Introduction 21
8. Intolerance (dir. D. W. Griffith, 1916) 26
9. Sunrise (dir. F. W. Murnau, 1927) 31
10. Long Pants (dir. Frank Capra, 1927) 39
11. Sherlock Jr. (dir. Buster Keaton, 1924) 43
12. All Quiet on the Western Front (dir. Lewis Milestone, 1930) 47
13. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (dir. Frank Capra, 1939) 54
14. Citizen Kane (dir. Orson Welles, 1941) 60
15. North by Northwest (dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1959) 70
16. Corruption of the Damned (dir. George Kuchar, 1965) 79
17. Necrology (dir. Standish Lawder, 1971) 82
18. Five Easy Pieces (dir. Bob Rafelson, 1970) 87
19. Nashville (dir. Robert Altman, 1975) 93
20. II. HOLLYWOOD AUTEURS
21. Ford, Hawks, Sturges, Minnelli, Sirk 103
22. Stagecoach (dir. John Ford, 1939) 110
23. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (dir. John Ford, 1962) 121
24. His Girl Friday (dir. Howard Hawks, 1940) 129
25. Red River (dir. Howard Hawks, 1948) 135
26. Sullivan’s Travels (dir. Preston Sturges, 1941) 142
27. Hail the Conquering Hero (dir. Preston Sturges, 1944) 146
28. Meet Me in St. Louis (dir. Vincente Minnelli, 1944) 152
29. The Band Wagon (dir. Vincente Minnelli, 1953) 156
30. All That Heaven Allows (dir. Douglas Sirk, 1955) 165
31. Imitation of Life (dir. Douglas Sirk, 1959) 171
32. III. CINEMA-FIST: RENEGADE TALENTS
33. Ulmer, Ray, Aldrich, Fuller, Welles, Peckinpah 179
34. Detour (dir. Edgar G. Ulmer, 1945) 188
35. They Live by Night (dir. Nicholas Ray, 1948) 193
36. In a Lonely Place (dir. Nicholas Ray, 1950) 199
37. Kiss Me Deadly (dir. Robert Aldrich, 1955) 204
38. Ulzana’s Raid (dir. Robert Aldrich, 1972) 219
39. Forty Guns (dir. Samuel Fuller, 1957) 229
40. The Naked Kiss (dir. Samuel Fuller, 1964) 234
41. Touch of Evil (dir. Orson Welles, 1958) 242
42. The Wild Bunch (dir. Sam Peckinpah, 1969) 249
43. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (dir. Sam Peckinpah, 1974) 254
44. IV. AMERICA’S SHADOW CINEMA
45. B Movies, Exploitation Films, and the Avant-Garde 261
46. Hollywood’s Shadow Cinema 264
47. My Name Is Julia Ross (dir. Joseph H. Lewis, 1945) 269
48. Gun Crazy (dir. Joseph H. Lewis, 1950) 272
49. Films of Maya Deren (dir. Maya Deren, 1943–1958) 281
50. Scorpio Rising (dir. Kenneth Anger, 1964) 290
51. Two Thousand Maniacs! (dir. Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1964) 305
52. The Last Movie (dir. Dennis Hopper, 1971) 316
53. Caged Heat (dir. Jonathan Demme, 1974) 330
54. Caged Heat: Second Thoughts 337
55. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (dir. Tobe Hooper, 1974) 343
56. Assault on Precinct 13 (dir. John Carpenter, 1976) 354
57. Appendix. Original Scanned CinemaTexas Note 359
58. Bibliography 365
59. Contributors 373
60. Index 379