Refocus: The Later Films and Legacy of Robert Altman /

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

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 Prai...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.) :; 25 B/W illustrations
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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

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