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The Cinema of Robert Altman: Hollywood Maverick
Robert Niemi
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Paperback. Series: Directors' Cuts. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
In a controversial and tumultuous filmmaking career that spanned nearly fifty years, Robert Altman mocked, subverted, or otherwise refashioned Hollywood narrative and genre conventions. Altman's idiosyncratic vision and propensity for formal experimentation resulted in an uneven body of work: some rank failures and intriguing near-misses, as well as a number of great films that are among the most influential works of New American Cinema. While Altman always professed to have nothing authoritative to say about the state of contemporary society, this volume surveys all of his major films in their sociohistorical context to reposition the director as a trenchant satirist ... Read more
In a controversial and tumultuous filmmaking career that spanned nearly fifty years, Robert Altman mocked, subverted, or otherwise refashioned Hollywood narrative and genre conventions. Altman's idiosyncratic vision and propensity for formal experimentation resulted in an uneven body of work: some rank failures and intriguing near-misses, as well as a number of great films that are among the most influential works of New American Cinema. While Altman always professed to have nothing authoritative to say about the state of contemporary society, this volume surveys all of his major films in their sociohistorical context to reposition the director as a trenchant satirist ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Directors' Cuts
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231176279
SKU
V9780231176279
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About Robert Niemi
Robert Niemi teaches film, critical theory, American literature, and cultural studies at St. Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont.
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