America: Films from Elsewhere
Brand: Shoestring Publisher
Categories: Books, Humor & Entertainment, Movies



Dimensions: 5.9 x 1.8 x 9.1 inches
ISBN-13: 978-8190472081
Language: English
ISBN-10: 8190472089
Publisher: The Shoestring Publisher
Print length: 616 pages
Publication date: August 20, 2019
subtitle: Paperback – August 20, 2019
author: Shanay Jhaveri Hilton Als James Quandt Ed Halter Nicole Brenez Elena Gorfinkel Erika Balsom Clare Davies Nora Alter Vic Brooks Corina Copp Rachel Dwyer Leo Goldsmith Jim Hoberman Adrian Martin Benjamin Mercer Adam Nayman Rachael Rakes Jonathan Rosenbaum
review: Editorial Reviews Review A generously illustrated, wide- ranging selection of essays on American films helmed by non- American filmmakers. ― Film Comment America: Films from Elsewhere, an inspired new anthology edited by Shanay Jhaveri about films that depict or imagine the US from an outsider’s point of view. -- Max Nelson ― Artforum A unique, impressively informative, exceptionally insightful, and inherently thought-provoking volume of commentary. -- Carl Logan ― Midwest Book Review America films from Elsewhere describes a country that has mythologized itself to death, but is open to outsiders' critical takes on that mythology... -- Steve Erickson ― Cineaste