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Stanley Cavell and the Magic of Hollywood Films

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One of America's most important contemporary thinkers, Stanley Cavell's remarkable film philosophy proposed that the greatest Hollywood films reflect the struggle to become who we really are - a struggle that is foregrounded in the characteristically American theory of Emersonian perfectionism. Focusing on his account of what makes Hollywood movies so magical, Dan Shaw draws on Cavell's theories to interpret a range of classic and contemporary dramas, including Mr Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Boys Don't Cry (1999) and The Hurt Locker (2008). Pairing of these analyses with discussions of Cavell's precursors, including Emerson, Nietzsche and Mill, the book explores a distinctively American philosophical foundation for the study of Hollywood film.
Request Code : ZLIBIO2925710
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Year:
2019
Publisher:
Edinburgh Univ Pr
Language:
English
Pages:
166
ISBN 10:
1474455700
ISBN 13:
9781474455701
ISBN:
1474455700,9781474455701

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