Description
Book SynopsisDespite a career spanning over forty years, filmmaker Alan Rudolph has flown largely under the radar of independent film scholars and enthusiasts, often remembered as Robert Altman’s protege. Through a reading of his 1985 film
Trouble in Mind, Caryl Flinn demonstrates that Rudolph is long overdue for critical re-evaluation.
Trade ReviewIn recent years the discipline of cinema studies seems to be moving into the archive but without the excitement that characterized so much of the writing during the early years of cinema studies. This book on
Trouble in Mind promises a new mode of study with roots in the archive but with multiple strategies for making it yield interpretive criticism. The result is a rich appreciation of how the film was received." - Krin Gabbard, Stony Brook University
"This book fills a void in the work on independent cinema, particularly with regard to the 1980s, as well as director Alan Rudolph, who has largely remained in the shadow of his mentor Robert Altman in film scholarship. It serves as a model for reading films of this period in light of Reagan-era politics and policies." - Richard Ness, Western Illinois University
Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: The Plot: Borrowed Pasts and Unclear Futures
- Chapter 3: Trouble in Mind in Independent Cinema: Smooth Sailing in a Troubled Term
- Chapter 4: Neo noir and Anti noir: Playing with Tropes
- Chapter 5: The Style of Dreams: Image and Music
- Chapter 6: The 1980s: Broken Politics, Surfaces, and Dreams
- Chapter 7: Marketing and Reception
- Chapter 8: Archives, Afterlives, and Author’s Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Index
