Rainer on Film: Thirty Years of Film Writing in a Turbulent and Transformative Era
576Rainer on Film: Thirty Years of Film Writing in a Turbulent and Transformative Era
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Overview
Rainer covers films both well-known and obscure and writes in depth about many film auteursStanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, the Coen brothers, Mike Leighand New Generation icons, such as Sofia Coppola and Paul Thomas Anderson. The careers of actors ranging from Marlon Brando to Jessica Lange to Robert De Niro are also given an extensive examination. No film buff's collection is complete without this comprehensive compilation that showcases the best work from a master contemporary film critic.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781595800770 |
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Publisher: | Santa Monica Press |
Publication date: | 05/15/2013 |
Pages: | 576 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.30(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Introduction 11
Chapter 1 Overrated, Underseen
Overrated
American Beauty 19
In the Mood for Love 22
Good Will Hunting 24
Far From Heaven 28
Shine 30
Your Friends and Neighbors 33
Fight Club 37
Zero Dark Thirty 40
Underseen
Wild Bill 42
Joe Gould's Secret 45
Babe: Pig in the City 47
A Cry in the Dark 50
Madadayo 53
Trouble in Mind 55
A Modest Proposal 58
Chapter 2 Youngish Turks
Being John Malkovich Spike Jonze 61
Adaptation 64
Waking Life Richard Linklator 67
Todd Field: In the Bedroom 69
Boogie Nights Paul Thomas Anderson 71
Lost in Translation Sofia Coppola 75
Three Kings David O. Russell 77
Chapter 3 Auteurs
L.A. Confidential Curtis Hanson 83
Wonder Boys 88
Secrets and Lies Mike Leigh 90
Topsy-Turvy 94
Full Metal Jacket Stanley Kubrick 97
Eyes Wide Shut 100
An Appreciation 104
Rear Window Alfred Hitchcock 105
Sunshine István Szabó 108
Michael Collins Neil Jordan 110
The Home and the World Satyajit Ray 114
Overview Martin Scorsese 118
The Coen Brothers: Overview 123
The Last Emperor Bernardo Bertolucci 128
Stealing Beauty 132
Overview Francis Ford Coppola 136
Bamboozled Spike Lee 141
Bui worth Warren Beatty 145
Overview George Lucas 148
Titanic James Cameron 153
Everyone Says I Love You Woody Allen 158
Wild Man Blues 161
Overview Ingmar Bergman 165
Overview Robert Altman 170
The Player 174
The Insider Michael Mann 179
Contact Robert Zemeckis 182
The Pianist Roman Polanski 187
Star 80 Bob Fosse 189
Moulin Rouge Baz Luhrmann 193
Overview Terrence Malick 196
Overview Brian De Palma 201
Chapter 4 Steven Spielberg
Overview 209
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 215
The Color Purple 219
Why the Schindler's List Backlash? 223
Amistad 227
A.I. Artificial Intelligence 231
Chapter 5 About Acting, Star Actors, and Acting Stars
Acting in the Seventies 237
An Appreciation Marlon Brando 249
Nick Nolte 252
Hollywood's Lost Generation of Women 257
Debra Winger 262
Blue Sky Jessica Lango 267
Top Gun Tom Cruise 270
Looking for Richard Al Pacino 273
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling Richard Pryor 277
Overview Eddie Murphy 281
Harlem Nights 284
Will Ferrell 288
Robert De Niro 291
Rambo Sylvester Stallone 295
Buster Keaton 298
Chapter 6 Some Masterpieces
The Night of the Hunter 305
Time Out 310
Au Revoir, Les Enfants 311
The Last Letter 314
Blue Velvet 316
Something Wild 320
The Wind Will Carry Us 323
Kaos 325
The Makioka Sisters 329
Pretty Poison 331
Shoot the Moon 334
Hamsun 337
Chapter 7 Documentaries
When We Were Kings 345
Streetwise 348
The Gleaners and I 351
Buena Vista Social Club 352
Stone Reader 355
Domestic Violence 356
Bright Leaves 358
Chapter 8 Issues (Mostly Hot-Button)
Blood Sport: Quentin Tarantino and Kill Bill 363
Sexual Harassment/Sexual Politics: Oleanna and Disclosure 366
Twisting in the Wind: Policies Left and Right 370
White Rage: Falling Down 386
Anti-Hero Worship: Malcolm X 390
A Little Princess 395
The innocence Game 397
On the Pleasures and Dangers of Pulp: Unlawful Entry 401
Paradise Lost?: The Truman Show 406
Pleasantville 414
Passion Ploy: The Passion of the Christ 417
Neo-Noir 420
Thelma and Louise 425
The People vs. Larry Flynt 429
Captain Video 433
Kaboom Town: L.A. Disaster Movies 438
Moviegoing Manners: A Tale of Woe 440
Blackface: Robert Downey Jr. in the Tropics 443
On Male Weepies 446
Screen Test(osterone) 450
Chapter 9 Comedies (Intentional and Unintentional)
Intentional
Sideways 459
Diner 462
Roxanne 465
Mars Attacks! 468
Man on the Moon 472
Almost Famous 474
Unintentional
Under the Cherry Moon 477
Meet Joe Black 479
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc 481
Evita 483
Chapter 10 Literary and Theatrical Adaptations
The Golden Bowl 487
Under the Volcano 489
Lolita 493
Fool for Love 497
Kiss of the Spider Woman 501
Prick Up Your Ears 504
Quills 507
Affliction 510
The Tailor of Panama 513
Troy 516
The Crucible 518
Hamlet 521
Seize the Day 523
Chapter 11 Miscellany: Book Reviews and Cruise Ships
The Complete Essays by Michel de Montaigne 533
The Primary Colors: Three Essays by Alexander Theroux 537
License to Thrill: A Movie-ish Cruise 539
Index 545
Acknowledgments 573
Permissions 575
About the Author 576