Authoring Hal Ashby
Subtitle: the myth of the new Hollywood auteur
By: Aaron Hunter
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781501308437; 9781501340192
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Auteur theory (Motion pictures)
Description: "An historically informed reappraisal of the work of Hal Ashby, one of New Hollywood cinemas pioneering yet neglected film-makers"--
Notes: Various printings.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-199), filmography (pages 201-209) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: History, Historiography, and Hal Ashby's Reputation. Hal Ashby and the New Hollywood Establishment; title: Auteurs and the New Hollywood Canon; title: Tracing Ashby's Authorship. Authorship, Narrative, Themes; title: Authorship, Form, Style; title: Multiple-Authorship. Being There: A Case Study; title: Final Thoughts. Re-thinking New Hollywood as a Cinema of Multiple-Authorship.