The Cinema of Robert Altman: Hollywood Maverick

by Robert Niemi

In a controversial and tumultuous filmmaking career that spanned nearly fifty years, Robert Altman mocked, subverted, or otherwise refashioned Hollywood narrative and genre conventions. Altman's idiosyncratic vision and propensity for formal experimentation resulted in an uneven body of work: some rank failures and intriguing near-misses, as well as a number of great films that are among the most influential works of New American Cinema. While...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231176260
• ISBN13: 9780231176262
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Wallflower Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher