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American Eccentric Cinema (Paperback)
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Since the late 1990s a new language has emerged in film scholarship
and criticism in response to the popularity of American directors
such as Wes Anderson, Charlie Kaufman, and David O. Russell.
Increasingly, adjectives like 'quirky', 'cute', and 'smart' are
used to describe these American films, with a focus on their ironic
(and sometimes deliberately comical) stories, character situations
and tones. Kim Wilkins argues that, beyond the seemingly
superficial descriptions, 'American eccentric cinema' presents a
formal and thematic eccentricity that is distinct to the American
context. She distinguishes these films from mainstream Hollywood
cinema as they exhibit irregularities in characterization, tone,
and setting, and deviate from established generic conventions. Each
chapter builds a case for this position through detailed film
analyses and comparisons to earlier American traditions, such as
the New Hollywood cinema of the 1960s and 1970s. American Eccentric
Cinema promises to challenge the notion of irony in American
contemporary cinema, and questions the relationship of irony to a
complex national and individual identity.
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