A companion to Robert Altman

Adrian Danks (ed.)



Author:
Title:A companion to Robert Altman
Place:Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA
Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Year:2015
Series:Wiley Blackwell Companions to Film Directors Nr. 13
Pages:xii, 522
Index:yes
Bibliography: no
Illustrations: yes
 A companion to Robert Altman

Articles
1 Adrian Danks, "It's OK with me", Introducing Robert Altman
21 Mark Minett, Sponsoring the Hollywood Renaissance, Reappraising Altman's Industrial Films
44 Tony Williams, From Alfred Hitchcock Presents to Tanner on Tanner, The Long Tail of Altman's Television Career
68 Nick Hall, Just a Station on His Way? Altman's Transition From Television to Film
92 David Sterritt, Breaking the Rules, Altman, Innovation and the Critics
119 Hamish Ford, The Porous Frame, Visual Style in Altman's 1970s Films
146 Joe McElhaney, 3 Women, Floating Abova the Awful Abyss
166 Wheeler Winston Dixon, The Multitrack World of California Split
184 Jay Beck, The Democratic Voice, Altman's Sound Aesthetics in the 1970s
210 Gayle Magee, Creativity and Compromise, California Split's Original Soundtrack
233 Murray Pomerance, High Hollywood in The Long Goodbye
254 Stephen Teo, Altman and the Western, or a Hollywood Director's History Lesson of the American West
274 Rick Armstrong, Altman/Nixon/Reagan, Honorable Secrets, Historical Analogies and the Nexus of Anger
296 Robert T. Self, LA and Paris, The Construction of Social Space in the Films of Altman
321 Adrian Danks, "The Man I Love," or Time Regained
349 David Melville, "One is both the same", Fantasy and Female Psychosis in Images and That Cold Day in the Park
369 Virginia Wright Wexman, Nashville, Second City Performance Comes to Hollywood
390 Christos Tsiolkas, Altman, The Artist in Middle Age
401 Tom Dorey, Lawful Lawyer, Vigilante Father, Altman, Masculinity and The Gingerbread Man
425 Dimitrios Pavlounis, Staging the "Rebel's Return", The Player, Short Cuts and the Precarious Art of the Comeback
448 Maria del Mar Azcona, The End of the Hollywood Hero, Dr T & the Women and Altman's Multi-Protagonist Narratives
465 Robert P. Kolker, The Long Reach of Short Cuts
480 Claire Perkins, Kicking and Screaming, Altmanesque Cynicism and Energy in the Work of Paul Thomas Anderson and Noah Baumbach

Author:Adrian Danks
Title:"It's OK with me", Introducing Robert Altman
in:Adrian Danks (ed.), A companion to Robert Altman, Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA, 2015
Pp:1-17
Illustrations:  yes
Related person:   Robert Altman
Author:Mark Minett
Title:Sponsoring the Hollywood Renaissance, Reappraising Altman's Industrial Films
in:Adrian Danks (ed.), A companion to Robert Altman, Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA, 2015
Pp:21-43
Illustrations:  yes
Related person:   Robert Altman
Author:Tony Williams
Title:From Alfred Hitchcock Presents to Tanner on Tanner, The Long Tail of Altman's Television Career
in:Adrian Danks (ed.), A companion to Robert Altman, Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA, 2015
Pp:44-67
Illustrations:  yes
Related person:   Robert Altman
Author:Nick Hall
Title:Just a Station on His Way? Altman's Transition From Television to Film
in:Adrian Danks (ed.), A companion to Robert Altman, Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA, 2015
Pp:68-91
Bibliography:yes
Illustrations:  yes
Related person:   Robert Altman
Author:David Sterritt
Title:Breaking the Rules, Altman, Innovation and the Critics
in:Adrian Danks (ed.), A companion to Robert Altman, Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA, 2015
Pp:92-116
Bibliography:yes
Illustrations:  yes
Related person:   Robert Altman
Author:Hamish Ford
Title:The Porous Frame, Visual Style in Altman's 1970s Films
in:Adrian Danks (ed.), A companion to Robert Altman, Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA, 2015
Pp:119-145
Illustrations:  yes
Related person:   Robert Altman
Author:Joe McElhaney
Title:3 Women, Floating Abova the Awful Abyss
in:Adrian Danks (ed.), A companion to Robert Altman, Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA, 2015
Pp:146-165
Bibliography:yes
Illustrations:  yes
Related film: 3 Women (1977)
Author:Wheeler Winston Dixon
Title:The Multitrack World of California Split
in:Adrian Danks (ed.), A companion to Robert Altman, Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA, 2015
Pp:166-183
Bibliography:yes
Illustrations:  yes
Related film: California Split
Author:Jay Beck
Title:The Democratic Voice, Altman's Sound Aesthetics in the 1970s
in:Adrian Danks (ed.), A companion to Robert Altman, Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA, 2015
Pp:184-209
Bibliography:yes
Illustrations:  yes
Related person:   Robert Altman
Author:Gayle Magee
Title:Creativity and Compromise, California Split's Original Soundtrack
in:Adrian Danks (ed.), A companion to Robert Altman, Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA, 2015
Pp:210-230
Bibliography:yes
Illustrations:  yes
Related film: California Split
Author:Murray Pomerance
Title:High Hollywood in The Long Goodbye
in:Adrian Danks (ed.), A companion to Robert Altman, Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA, 2015
Pp:233-253
Bibliography:yes
Illustrations:  yes
Related film: The Long Goodbye (1973)
Author:Stephen Teo
Title:Altman and the Western, or a Hollywood Director's History Lesson of the American West
in:Adrian Danks (ed.), A companion to Robert Altman, Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA, 2015
Pp:254-273
Bibliography:yes
Illustrations:  yes
Related person:   Robert Altman
Author:Rick Armstrong
Title:Altman/Nixon/Reagan, Honorable Secrets, Historical Analogies and the Nexus of Anger
in:Adrian Danks (ed.), A companion to Robert Altman, Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA, 2015
Pp:274-295
Bibliography:yes
Illustrations:  yes
Related person:   Robert Altman
Author:Robert T. Self
Title:LA and Paris, The Construction of Social Space in the Films of Altman
in:Adrian Danks (ed.), A companion to Robert Altman, Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA, 2015
Pp:296-320
Bibliography:yes
Illustrations:  yes
Related person:   Robert Altman
Author:Adrian Danks
Title:"The Man I Love," or Time Regained
in:Adrian Danks (ed.), A companion to Robert Altman, Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA, 2015
Pp:321-345
Bibliography:yes
Illustrations:  yes
Related person:   Robert Altman
Author:David Melville
Title:"One is both the same", Fantasy and Female Psychosis in Images and That Cold Day in the Park
in:Adrian Danks (ed.), A companion to Robert Altman, Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA, 2015
Pp:349-368
Bibliography:yes
Illustrations:  yes
Related film: Images
That Cold Day in the Park
Author:Virginia Wright Wexman
Title:Nashville, Second City Performance Comes to Hollywood
in:Adrian Danks (ed.), A companion to Robert Altman, Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA, 2015
Pp:369-389
Bibliography:yes
Illustrations:  yes
Related film: Nashville (1975)
Author:Christos Tsiolkas
Title:Altman, The Artist in Middle Age
in:Adrian Danks (ed.), A companion to Robert Altman, Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA, 2015
Pp:390-400
Illustrations:  yes
Related person:   Robert Altman
Author:Tom Dorey
Title:Lawful Lawyer, Vigilante Father, Altman, Masculinity and The Gingerbread Man
in:Adrian Danks (ed.), A companion to Robert Altman, Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA, 2015
Pp:401-421
Bibliography:yes
Illustrations:  yes
Related film: The Gingerbread Man (1998)
Author:Dimitrios Pavlounis
Title:Staging the "Rebel's Return", The Player, Short Cuts and the Precarious Art of the Comeback
in:Adrian Danks (ed.), A companion to Robert Altman, Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA, 2015
Pp:425-447
Bibliography:yes
Illustrations:  no
Related film: The Player (1992)
Short Cuts (1993)
Author:Maria del Mar Azcona
Title:The End of the Hollywood Hero, Dr T & the Women and Altman's Multi-Protagonist Narratives
in:Adrian Danks (ed.), A companion to Robert Altman, Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA, 2015
Pp:448-464
Bibliography:yes
Illustrations:  yes
Related film: Dr. T and the Women (2000)
Author:Robert P. Kolker
Title:The Long Reach of Short Cuts
in:Adrian Danks (ed.), A companion to Robert Altman, Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA, 2015
Pp:465-479
Illustrations:  yes
Related film: Short Cuts (1993)
Author:Claire Perkins
Title:Kicking and Screaming, Altmanesque Cynicism and Energy in the Work of Paul Thomas Anderson and Noah Baumbach
in:Adrian Danks (ed.), A companion to Robert Altman, Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA, 2015
Pp:480-500
Illustrations:  yes
Related persons:   Paul Thomas Anderson
Noah Baumbach