A Cinema of Loneliness
- ISBN-10
- 0199738882
- ISBN-13
- 9780199738885
- Series
- A Cinema of Loneliness
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 529
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-07-07
- Publisher
- OUP USA
- Authors
- Robert Phillip Kolker, Robert Kolker
Description
In this updated and expanded version of this classic study of contemporary American film, Kolker reassesses the landscape of American cinema over the past decade, as he examines works like Munich, A Prairie Home Companion, The Departed, and Funny People, in addition to classics by Arthur Penn, Stanley Kubrick, and Robert Altman.
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Other editions
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- 2000
- 484 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press, USA
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