num_pages: 190
description: Norman Kagan's study of Robert Altman's films is crucial for understanding not only Altman as auteur, but how genres work and what they are. It's equally relevant therefore to a full understanding of the Hollywood system, and to whatever that reveals (and conceals) about America's popular thinking.
language: English
title: American Skeptic: Robert Altman's Genre-Commentary Films
titlecomplete: American Skeptic: Robert Altman's Genre-Commentary Films
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Pierian Pr