Postmodern Hollywood: What's New in Film and Why It Makes Us Feel So Strange Booker M. Keith
Postmodernism is essential to American culture today. We can see its manifestations on billboards and on television; we can hear its tone on the radio and in everyday conversation; and we can even…
Specifikacia Postmodern Hollywood: What's New in Film and Why It Makes Us Feel So Strange Booker M. Keith
Postmodernism is essential to American culture today. We can see its manifestations on billboards and on television; we can hear its tone on the radio and in everyday conversation; and we can even sense its outlook in how we live our lives. This volume presents an accessible and brief summary of postmodernism, especially as it pertains to American cinema-one of the central players and leading lights in the development of this cultural attitude. Four distinct sections investigate postmodernist fragmentation, musical use, and pastiches of previous television shows and cinematic genres in such films as Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, David Lynch's Mulholland Drive, and Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette.Discussions of the phenomenon of postmodernism have established certain characteristics that are typical of postmodernist culture. These