In this twentieth-anniversary millennial edition, Kolker
continues and expands his inquiry into the cinematic
representation of culture by updating and revising the
chapters on the directors discussed in the first edition--
Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, Robert Altman, and Steven
Spielberg-- to include their most important works since
1988, analyzing those films which have made important
advances in the directors' careers and which have given
cause for rethinking the films that preceded them. Included
is a profile of Arthur Penn's career followed by a new
comparative study of Oliver Stone, who mirrors Penn's
practice of drawing his films out of historical and
ideological currents. Placing the films of Penn, Stone,
Kubrick, Scorsese, Spielberg, and Altman in an ideological
perspective, Kolker both illuminates their relationship to
one another and to larger currents in our culture, and
emphasizes the statements their films make about American
society and culture. This edition includes a new preface, a
requiem for Stanley Kubrick, updated filmography, and 48
images from various films discussed through the text.
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