…In America, 1968 was merely the most apocalyptic year of a momentous decade. During that period, the myths underlying the foreign policy of containment , the belief that domestic affluence ensured social peace, and the basic optimism that dominated American life since World War II were buried forever. For many Americans, their image of themselves underwent a painful transformation…
Films of Interest:
Seven Days in May, Fail-Safe, The Americanization of Emily and To Kill a Mockingbird
Crucial to Easy Rider’s enormous commercial success and cultural significance was its ability to capture on a visceral level certain prime themes and concepts of the counterculture and the 1960s–mysticism, personal freedom, ‘the land,” drugs, and communes…
…In America, 1968 was merely the most apocalyptic year of a momentous decade. During that period, the myths underlying the foreign policy of containment , the belief that domestic affluence ensured social peace, and the basic optimism that dominated American life since World War II were buried forever. For many Americans, their image of themselves underwent a painful transformation…
Films of Interest:
Seven Days in May, Fail-Safe, The Americanization of Emily and To Kill a Mockingbird
Crucial to Easy Rider’s enormous commercial success and cultural significance was its ability to capture on a visceral level certain prime themes and concepts of the counterculture and the 1960s–mysticism, personal freedom, ‘the land,” drugs, and communes…