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Mike Nichols - Sex, Language, and the Reinvention of Psychological Realism (Paperback)
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Mike Nichols - Sex, Language, and the Reinvention of Psychological Realism (Paperback)
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With iconic movies like Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The
Graduate, and Carnal Knowledge, Mike Nichols was the most prominent
American director during the cultural upheavals of the 1960s. Mike
Nichols: Sex, Language, and the Reinvention of Psychological
Realism argues that he overhauled the style of psychological
realism, and, in doing so, continues to shape the legacies of
Hollywood cinema. It also reveals that misreadings of his films
were central to foundational debates at the emergence of Cinema
Studies as a discipline, inviting new reflections on critical
dogma. Focusing on Nichols' classic movies, as well as later films
such as Silkwood, The Birdcage, and Angels in America, Kyle Stevens
demonstrates that Nichols' realism lies not in the plausibility of
his characters but in their inherent mystery. By attending to the
puzzling words and silences, breaths and laughter, that comprise
these characters, Stevens uncovers new insights into the subversive
potential of a range of cinematic elements, and reveals how
Nichols' satirical oeuvre, and Hollywood itself, participated in
several of the nation's most urgent social, political, and
philosophical advances.
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