The Screening of America

This is an original investigation of how movies have reflected and helped to shape the values of a generation. From All the President''s Men to Wall Street, US films of the 1970s and 80s were a kaleidoscope of shifting values and contrasting moral viewpoints. Knowing that movies mirror the way we think we are – or would like to be – O''Brien focuses on the key values (or their absence) found in fi...