Refocus: The Later Films and Legacy of Robert Altman

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Titel: Refocus: The Later Films and Legacy of Robert Altman

Enthält: 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

Beteiligte: Anderson, Tim J. [Mitwirkende:r]; Dombrowski, Lisa [Mitwirkende:r]; Dombrowski, Lisa [Herausgeber:in]; Hallman, Philip [Mitwirkende:r]; Kolker, Robert P. [Mitwirkende:r]; Koob, Nathan [Mitwirkende:r]; Minett, Mark [Mitwirkende:r]; Ness, Richard R. [Mitwirkende:r]; Sinwell, Sarah E. S. [Mitwirkende:r]; Tryon, Chuck [Mitwirkende:r]; Tzioumakis, Yannis [Mitwirkende:r]; Wyatt, Justin [Mitwirkende:r]; Wyatt, Justin [Herausgeber:in]

Erschienen: Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, [2022]

Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (280 p.); 25 B/W illustrations

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.1515/9781474478878

ISBN: 9781474478878

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Schlagwörter: Motion picture producers and directors United States ; PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Direction & Production

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Anmerkungen: In English

Beschreibung: 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

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