ReFocus: The Later Films and Legacy of Robert Altman
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-7886-1 (ISBN)
Illuminating the industrial, cultural, and aesthetic significance of the later years of one of American cinema’s most influential auteurs, this anthology combines scholarly essays, original interviews with Robert Altman’s collaborators, and previously unseen photographs from the Robert Altman Papers held at the Special Collections Research Center, University of Michigan Library. The book considers post-1970s Altman as a way to rethink and reconceive his authorship, expanding our understanding of the development of Altman’s personal aesthetic and production practices; his adaptation of existing source material; the representation of sex, gender, and identity in his films; his relation to the changing landscape of American independent cinema, and his unfinished projects. Interviews with key Altman collaborators like Alan Rudolph, Ira Deutchman and Anne Rapp highlight their contributions to Altman’s career. Rather than place aside the extensive work on Robert Altman to date, this comprehensive book offers texture and depth to previous ways of thinking about Altman’s creativity and contribution to American cinema.
Dr Lisa Dombrowski is a Professor of Film Studies and Professor of East Asian Studies at Wesleyan University Dr Justin Wyatt is an Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Journalism, and Film/Media at the University of Rhode Island
List of Figures Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements
Autumnal Altman: Rethinking His Last Quarter Century - Lisa Dombrowski and Justin Wyatt
Part 1: The Creative Process
1. I Yam What I Yam What I Yam: Altman and The Transpositional Poetics of Popeye - Mark Minett
2. For Real: Tanner ’88, Tanner on Tanner, and Political Spectacle in the Post-Network Era - Chuck Tryon
3. Home-Makers: Examining the Altmans’ Place-based Production Practices in Cookie’s Fortune - Nathan Koob
4. A Perfect Couple: The Altman-Rudolph Connection - Richard R. Ness
5. Unmade Altman: What the Archive Tells Us - Philip Hallman
Part 2: Industrial Frameworks
6. Offbeat and Out of Sync: Popeye and the Failure of an Auteur-Driven Franchise - Tim J. Anderson
7. "Here Comes the Hot-Stepper": The Hollywood Renaissance, Indie Film, and Robert Altman’s Comeback in the 1990s - Yannis Tzioumakis
8. "I Fiddle on the Corner Where They Throw the Coins": Altman’s Brand in Europe - Lisa Dombrowski
Part 3: New Perspectives on Altman
9. Fantasies and Fangirls: Gender and Sexuality in Robert Altman's Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean - Sarah E. S. Sinwell
10. Countering Robert Altman’s Sexual Outlaws: Visibility, Representation and Questionable Social Progress - Justin Wyatt
11. The Affection of Death - Robert P. Kolker
Part 4: Collaborator Interviews
12. Allan F. Nicholls
13. Alan Rudolph
14. Ira Deutchman
15. Matthew Seig
16. Wren Arthur
17. Joshua Astrachan
18. Anne Rapp
19. Andrew Dunn
20. Mitchell Zuckoff
| Erscheinungsdatum | 20.07.2023 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | ReFocus: The American Directors Series |
| Zusatzinfo | 25 black and white illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4744-7886-7 / 1474478867 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4744-7886-1 / 9781474478861 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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