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that’s the pity. Downey himself has mellowed; how could it be otherwise? Yet
Robert Downey, Sr.’s maverick visions of the 1960s and 70s continue to serve as
an inspiration for today’s more iconoclastic directors, an indication of what they,
perhaps, can accomplish in their careers.
University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Wheeler Winston Dixon

Works Cited
Dixon, Wheeler Winston. “Interview with Robert Downey, Sr.,” March 3,2001 forthcoming,

Post Script.
N ew American Cinema Group. Filmmakers 'Cooperative Catalogue No. 4. N ew York: 1967.
Seymour, Gene. “We’ve Gotta Have It: Black Filmmakers Seize the Moment,” The Nation
272.13 (April 2, 2001): 12-17.