Refocus: The Later Films and Legacy of Robert Altman / / ed. by Lisa Dombrowski, Justin Wyatt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts 2021
• MitwirkendeR: Anderson, Tim J.,; Dombrowski, Lisa,; Hallman, Philip,; Kolker, Robert P.,; Koob, Nathan,; Minett, Mark,; Ness, Richard R.,; Sinwell, Sarah E. S.,; Tryon, Chuck,; Tzioumakis, Yannis,; Wyatt, Justin,
• HerausgeberIn: Dombrowski, Lisa,; Wyatt, Justin,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: ReFocus: The American Directors Series : RFADS
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.) :; 25 B/W illustrations

Examines an under-analysed period of Robert Altman’s careerProvides new critical perspectives on the Altman oeuvreFeatures original interviews with key Altman collaboratorsOffers case studies of Popeye, Tanner ‘88, Come Back to the Five & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, Cookie’s Fortune and A Prairie Home Companion, among othersIlluminating 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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Autumnal Altman—Rethinking his Last Quarter Century -- Part I The Creative Process -- Figure I.1 Robert Altman on the set of Short Cuts. Photo by Joyce Rudolph. Courtesy of Special Collections Research Center, University of Michigan Library -- 1 I Yam What I Yam What I Yam: Altman and the Transpositional Poetics of Popeye -- 2 For Real: Tanner ’88, Tanner on Tanner, and the Political Spectacle in the Post-Network Era -- 3 Home-makers: Examining the Altmans’ Place-based Production Practices in Cookie’s Fortune -- 4 A Perfect Couple: The Altman–Rudolph Connection -- 5 Unmade Altman: What the Archive Tells Us -- Part II Industrial Frameworks -- Figure II.1 Storyboard of the storm sequence in Dr. T & the Women. Courtesy of Special Collections Research Center, University of Michigan Library. -- 6 Offbeat and Out of Sync: Popeye and the Failure of an Auteur-Driven Franchise -- 7 “Here Comes the Hot-Stepper”: The Hollywood Renaissance, Indie Film, and Robert Altman’s Comeback in the 1990s -- 8 “I Fiddle on the Corner Where They Throw the Coins”: Altman’s Brand in Europe -- Part III New Perspectives on Altman -- Figure III.1 Robert Altman on the set of Dr. T & the Women. Photo by Zade Rosenthal. Courtesy of Special Collections Research Center, University of Michigan Library -- 9 Fantasies and Fangirls: Gender and Sexuality in Robert Altman’s Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean -- 10 Countering Robert Altman’s Sexual Outlaws: Visibility, Representation, and Questionable Social Progress -- 11 The Affection of Death -- Part IV Collaborator Interviews -- Figure IV.1 Stephen Rea in Prêt-à-Porter as drawn by fashion illustrator Gladys Perint Palmer. Courtesy of Special Collections Research Center, University of Michigan Library -- 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 -- Index