| Description |
1 online resource (x, 332 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Part I. Taking the Stage -- 1. The Little Exile, the Cabaret Comic, the Broadway Midas -- Part II. The Auteur -- 2. "Peel the label": Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) -- 3. "This afternoon's feature attraction": The Graduate (1967) -- 4. "Like us": Catch-22 (1970) -- 5. "Just act natural": Carnal Knowledge (1971) -- 6. "Man is bad": The Day of the Dolphin (1973) -- 7. "I must be dreaming": The Fortune (1975) -- Part III: The Pro -- 8. "A moral imperative": Silkwood (1983) -- 9. "Willing to play the game": Heartburn (1986) -- 10. "You have to take sides": Biloxi Blues (1988) -- 11. "She's your man": Working Girl (1988) -- 12. "Not like in the movies": Postcards from the Edge (1990) -- 13. "Say when": Regarding Henry (1991) -- 14. "What God meant": Wolf (1994) -- 15. "Family values": The Birdcage (1996) -- 16. "True believerism": Primary Colors (1998) -- 17. "Like a human being": What Planet Are You From? (2000) -- Part IV: The Late Nichols -- 18. "A little allegory of the soul": Wit (2001) -- 19. "Threshold of revelation": Angels in America (2003) -- 20. "RU4 real?": Closer (2004) -- 21. "We'll see": Charlie Wilson's War (2007) -- Part V: Among the Stars -- 22. Tempered Optimism: The Cinematic Legacy of Mike Nichols -- Filmography -- Chapter Notes -- Bibliography |
| Summary |
"This first full-career retrospective study of Nichols' force in the American arts begins with his filmmaking in satirical comedy and Broadway theatre and devotes chapters to each of his 20 feature films. Nichols' permanent achievements are his critique of the ways in which culture constructs conformity and his tempered optimism about individuals' liberation by transformative awakening"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-326) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Nichols, Mike -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Nichols, Mike fast |
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Nichols, Mike, 1931-2014. (NL-LeOCL)07106687X nta |
| Subject |
24.32 history of film art.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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Regissörer.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2014013773 |
| ISBN |
9781476616421 |
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1476616426 |
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