Reality and Fantasy in American Independent Cinema

A Cavellian Approach

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by Rick Zinman

Type

Essays

Subject

Genre > Fantasy

Keywords

fantasy, independent cinema, 21st century, United States

Publishing date

2024

Publisher

Palgrave MacMillan

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 219 pages
5 x 8 inches (13 x 20 cm)

ISBN

978-3-031-70206-8

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Book Presentation:
In the 21st century, blockbuster fantasy films have dominated film viewership in the United States. The increased popularity of fantasy films has generated much greater scholarly interest in the study of fantasy films. It has also generated an artistic response by American Indie filmmakers who have developed alternative approaches to the portrayal of film fantasy. Reality and Fantasy in American Indie Films: A Cavellian Approach applies the methods and procedures of Cavellian philosophical film criticism to the study of four prominent American indie films released in 2014 in which fantasy can be said to play an important role: Birdman (Alejandro G. Iñárritu); Boyhood (Richard Linklater); The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson); and Only Lovers Left Alive (Jim Jarmusch).

About the Author:
Rick Zinman is an independent scholar based in Santa Cruz, California. His work has appeared in Film-Philosophy andQuarterly Review of Film and Video, among other publications.

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