(Wiley Blackwell Companions to Film Directors) 1st Edition
by Adrian Danks (Editor)
A Companion to Robert Altman
presents myriad aspects of Altman’s life, career, influence and
historical context. This book features 23 essays from a range of experts
in the field, providing extensive coverage of these aspects and
dimensions of Altman’s work.
- The most expansive and wide-ranging book yet published on Altman, providing a comprehensive account of Altman’s complete career
- Provides
discussion and analysis of generally neglected aspects of Altman’s
career, including the significance of his work in television and
industrial film, the importance of collaboration, and the full range and
import of his aesthetic innovations
- Includes essays by key
scholars in “Altman studies”, bringing together experts in the field,
emerging scholars and writers from a broad range of fields
- Multi-disciplinary
in design and draws on a range of approaches to Altman’s work, being
the first substantial publication to make use of the recently launched
Robert Altman Archive at the University of Michigan
- Offers
specific insights into particular aspects of film style and their
application, industrial and aesthetic film and TV history, and
particular areas such as the theorisation of space, place, authorship
and gender
