The Lost Decade

The Lost Decade reappraises the oft neglected 1980s works of three of the most celebrated American filmmakers of the preceding decade. Through detailed archival research, Horn sheds new light on production and distribution histories, and champions a group of films that are primed for rediscovery. * Nicholas Godfrey, Senior Lecturer of Screen, Flinders University, Australia * In this eminently readable book that combines a study of Hollywood business practices and a close reading of pertinent films, Chris Horn makes a compelling case for rethinking the films of the 1980s. * Robert Kolker, Emeritus Professor of English, University of Maryland, USA * Compared to the vast academic literature on the Hollywood Renaissance auteurs of the 1970s, there is a relative paucity of material about their work in the 1980s when Hollywood embraced conglomeration and the blockbuster film. Chris Horn’s exciting new book, The Lost Decade, has come to provide an incredibly detailed account of the metamorphosis of the Hollywood Renaissance in the 1980s, as filmmakers like Robert Altman, Francis Ford Coppola and William Friedkin continued to work under very different circumstances. Combining rich archival research with impeccable textual analysis, The Lost Decade rewrites important aspects of Hollywood history in the 1980s. * Yannis Tzioumakis, Reader in Film and Media Industries, University of Liverpool, UK, and co-editor of The Hollywood Renaissance (Bloomsbury 2018) *