Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979 by David A. Cook

Some of the films discussed in this book include:

- Five Easy Pieces
- Chinatown
- Carnal Knowledge
- Straw Dogs
- A Clockwork Orange
- Mean Streets
- The Conversation
- Nashville
- Shampoo
- Taxi Driver
- Apocalypse Now