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The Cinema of Robert Altman by"Robert Niemi"
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 and social critic of postmodern America, depicted as a lonely wasteland of fraudulent spectacle, exploitative social relations, and unfulfilled solitaries in search of elusive community.
The Cinema of Robert Altman
By:"Robert Niemi"
Published on 2016-02-02 by Columbia University Press
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Ebook Title : The Cinema of Robert Altman
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ISBN_13 Code : 9780231850865
ISBN_10 Code : 0231850867
Book Print Type : BOOK
Rank : 3 for keyword gambling movies
Book Author :"Robert Niemi"
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Book Pages Count : 216
Print Type : BOOK
Book's Categories :"Performing Arts"
Books Language : en
Text to Speech Access : ALLOWED
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