Pursuits of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage (Harvard Film Studies)
No book about the art of Hollywood I have ever read can make its readers stop and think more effectively than this one. (S. S. PrawerTimes Literary Supplement)This is a voice like no other in philosophy, today or ever. (Arthur C. DantoOctober)The great achievement of…Pursuits of Happinessis that it finally provides a solid framework for the serious discussion of the great dialogue comedies of the thirties and forties, perhaps the most revived and loved movies of Hollywood's golden period. (Al LaValleyAmerican Film)This just must be, in its close readings and its stunning associations, one of the most compelling accounts of its kind. The fact is, it justisits kind. (Geoffrey HawthornLondon Review of Books)Stanley Cavell's book succeeds brilliantly…The individual 'readings' of the films and the general conceptual plan in which they are embedded are both so rich and rewarding that…'brilliant'…seems an understatement. (Gerald MastJournal of Aesthetic Education)