| Description |
xvi, 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Introduction : acute melancholia -- Ch. 1. The uses of melancholia : better to have lost and loved than never to have lost at all -- Ch. 2. The age of innocence : a mean and melancholy history -- Ch. 3. Raging bull : 'kiss the boo boo' -- Ch. 4. Taxi driver : the melancholic as flaneur -- Ch. 5. GoodFellas : among the Italians -- Ch. 6. Cape Fear : the white trash angst -- Ch. 7. The melancholic momentum |
| Summary |
"Join author Mark Nicholls as he traces Martin Scorsese's central theme of melancholia, nostalgia and loss through five films from the legendary director." "The readings of these influential moments in film history provide reflection upon Scorsese's heroes and the tribal groups they are associated with - 19th century New York Society, the Italian American Mob, the Yuppified New South - and how when ultimately validated by conforming to the will of the mob this melancholic man, for all his perversions, becomes a universally adored and culturally empowered Superman of loss."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Scorsese, Martin |
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AGE OF INNOCENCE, THE (US, Martin Scorsese, 1993) |
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RAGING BULL (US, Martin Scorsese, 1980) |
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TAXI DRIVER (US, Martin Scorsese, 1976) |
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GOODFELLAS (US, Martin Scorsese, 1990) |
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CAPE FEAR (US, Martin Scorsese, 1991) |
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MEN IN FILMS. USA |
| Notes |
Martin Scorsese is the most influential director of his generation and, with his work regularly included among the top twenty films of all time, his place in cinema history is indisputable. Scorsese's films have defined the cinematic essence of each decade since the 1960s and have set the standard of New Hollywood cinema. Join author mark Nicholls as he traces Martin Scorsese's central theme of melancholia, nostalgia and loss through five films from the legendary director: The Age of Innocence, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Goodfellas and Cape Fear. Scorsese's melancholic hero, Nicholls argues, is the Hamlet of Hollywood cinema. His journey is driven by an encounter with a corrupt and conservative mob and by his own overpowering experience of loss. Refusing to renounce that loss, under pressure from the mob, Scorsese's men construct an elaborate and intriguing fantasy of perverse male desire. [Taken from back cover.] |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography pages 176-185 and index |
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Includes filmography pages 186-188 |
| Subject |
Scorsese, Martin -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Scorsese, Martin, 1942- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Men in motion pictures.
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Sex role in motion pictures.
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Machismo in motion pictures.
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Masculinity in motion pictures.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Author |
Mark Nicholls
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Pluto Press.
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| LC no. |
2004463813 |
| ISBN |
1864031565 : |
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