Mike Nichols: Sex, Language, and the Reinvention of Psychological Realism

by Kyle Stevens

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019937581X
• ISBN13: 9780199375813
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"