The Films of Martin Scorsese, 1978-99 [electronic resource] : Authorship and Context II /
Grist, L.author.
A detailed, theoretically attuned analysis of all of the Scorsese-directed features from The Last Waltz to Bringing Out the Dead . Grist illuminates Scorsese's authorship, but also reflects back upon a range of informing contexts.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Evolving Authorship, Developing Contexts: 'Life Lessons'; 2 Scorsese and Documentary: The Last Waltz; 3 Masculinity, Violence, Resistance: Raging Bull; 4 Back to Travis #1: The King of Comedy; 5 Adventures in Reagan and Bush Sr's USA: The Color of Money and GoodFellas; 6 Yuppies in Peril: After Hours and Cape Fear; 7 Religion, Blasphemy and the Hollywood Institution: The Last Temptation of Christ; 8 Style, Narrative, Adaptation: The Age of Innocence; 9 Power and the Look: Casino; 10 Cinema of Transcendence, Cinema as Transcendence: Kundun
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A detailed, theoretically attuned analysis of all of the Scorsese-directed features from The Last Waltz to Bringing Out the Dead . Grist illuminates Scorsese's authorship, but also reflects back upon a range of informing contexts.
Scorsese, Martin
Motion pictures—United States.
Motion pictures and television.
Motion pictures—History.
Motion pictures—Production and direction.
Film genres.
American Cinema and TV.
Screen Studies.
Film History.
Directing.
Genre.