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Stanley Cavell and the Magic of Hollywood Films

Stanley Cavell and the Magic of Hollywood Films PDF Author: Daniel Shaw
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474455727
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 176

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Book Description
One of America's most important contemporary thinkers, Stanley Cavell's remarkable film philosophy proposed that the greatest Hollywood films reflect the struggle to become who we really are - a struggle that is foregrounded in the characteristically American theory of Emersonian perfectionism. Focusing on his account of what makes Hollywood movies so magical, Dan Shaw draws on Cavell's theories to interpret a range of classic and contemporary dramas, including Mr Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Boys Don't Cry (1999) and The Hurt Locker (2008). Pairing of these analyses with discussions of Cavell's precursors, including Emerson, Nietzsche and Mill, the book explores a distinctively American philosophical foundation for the study of Hollywood film.