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Title:

The films of Albert Brooks / edited by Christian B. Long.

Publisher:

Edinburgh University Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Brooks, Albert,--1947---Criticism and interpretation.
Brooks, Albert,--1947-
Motion picture producers and directors--United States.
Motion picture producers and directors.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Other Authors:

Long, Christian B., 1975- editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Contents:

11. Debt, Payback, and Economics in Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive / Tom Ue. Part I. Brooks as Media Critic: 2. Your General Humor Buildup: Constructing Albert Brooks / J.D. Connor ; 3. The Counterculture Squared: Albert Brooks's Saturday Night Live / Jeff Menne ; 4. Irony Ends in Why / Thomas Britt -- Part II. Brooks as Auteur: 5. When Success is Failure / Christian B. Long ; 6. Modern Romance: Albert Brooks's Anatomy of Love / Enid Stubin ; 7. Easy Riders, Raging Yuppies: Lost in America and the Work of the Professional-Managerial Class / Derek Nystrom ; 8. Defending Purgatorio: Dante, Brooks, and Finding One's Celestial Place / Frank Percaccio ; 9. Albert Brooks Channeling the Feminine / Rebecca Bell-Metereau -- Part III. Brooks as Cultural Figure: 10. Finding Brooks: Animating the Baby Boomer Generation in Finding Nemo / Dietmar Meinel ; 11. Debt, Payback, and Economics in Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive / Tom Ue.

Series:

ReFocus: The American Directors Series

ISBN:

1474434258
9781474434256

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1250365340

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)