Women & New Hollywood - Aaron Hunter & Martha Shearer (eds.) War A small town innocent goes

A small town innocent goes to New York to claim a huge inheritance where he is hounded by those seeking to take advantage of him including a cynical reporter operating in disguise

and a wonderful comedy too

Two innovative films from Watkins made for the BBC

Only Lynch's perspective is given so the film maintains an absorbing intimacy throughout

Milo O'Shea

Women & New Hollywood - Aaron Hunter & Martha Shearer (eds.) War A small town innocent goes'Women & New Hollywood Gender, Creative Labour & 1970s American Cinema' edited by Aaron Hunter and Martha Shearer (Rutgers University Press 251 page paperback) Hunter (TCD) and Shearer (UCD) present a collection of scholarly essays with the aim of revising our understanding of 1970s U. S. cinema. The book examines the contributions of women filmmakers, across many roles, to the Hollywood film industry and beyond.