Paul Bartel: The Life and Films

by Stephen B. Armstrong

Director Paul Bartel enjoyed poking holes in the expectations of audiences and critics with amusing films about murder, greed and transgressive sex--among them Death Race 2000 (1975), Eating Raoul (1982) and Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989). He believed that strange stories that aroused laughter had the potential to disorient viewers and challenge their beliefs about American culture and values. This first...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078649915X
• ISBN13: 9780786499151
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher