ReFocus: The Films of Albert Brooks

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

Av Christian B. Long, Queensland University of Technology.) Long, Christian B. (Educator, Christian B Long

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This is the first sustained critical collection on Albert Brooks, one of the key but under-examined figures in American stand-up, television comedy and Hollywood film comedy. Analysing every film written and directed by Albert Brooks, including Real Life (1979), Modern Romance (1981) and Lost in America (1985), as well as a number of his acting and voice-over roles, his stand-up comedy albums, talk show appearances and writing, the book argues that Albert Brooks not only merits a wider viewership, both critical and popular, but also that his career offers a useful lens through which to understand American film and culture since the late 1960s.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2021-08-31
Mått156 x 234 x 22 mm
Vikt566 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieReFocus: The American Directors Series
Antal sidor280
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781474434256

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Acknowledgments1. Introduction, Christian B. Long2. Irony Ends in Why, Thomas Britt3. The Counterculture Squared: Albert Brooks’ Saturday Night Live, Jeff Menne4. Your General Humor Buildup: Constructing Albert Brooks, JD Connor5. When Success is Failure, Christian B. Long6. Easy Riders, Raging Yuppies: Lost in America and the Work of the Professional-Managerial Class, Derek Nystrom7. Albert Brooks Channeling the Feminine, Rebecca Bell-Metereau8. Defending Purgatorio: Dante, Brooks, and Finding One’s Celestial Place, Frank Percaccio9. Albert Brooks’ Anatomy of Love, Enid Stubin10. Finding Brooks: Animating the Baby Boomer Generation in Finding Nemo, Dietmar Meinel11. Debt, Payback, and Economics in Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive, Tom UeContributors

This collection of 11 essays argues for the importance of Brooks not only as a comic force but also as a skilled filmmaker who has deftly documented the absurdity and disappointments of the "professional-managerial" class of the late 20th century. Notable contributions include those on the yuppie figure in Lost in America, Brooks’s "ability to channel the female experience" through his collaborations with writer Monica Johnson, and the writer/director’s criticism of media dynamic sutilizing "anti-humor" in films from Real Life to Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World. [...] Highly recommended.