Postmodern Auteurs: Coppola, Lucas, De Palma, Spielberg and Scorsese

by Kenneth von Gunden

The five directors studied here embody postmodernism--the erosion of the earlier 20th century distinction between "high culture" and so-called mass or popular culture that began in the 1950s and 1960s. Comprised of repetition, pastiche, parody and homage, their postmodern films borrowed from high and low, from directors like Lean, Kurosawa, Hitchcock, Ford and Godard.

The personal history and childhood interests of each director are studied,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786473924
• ISBN13: 9780786473922
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher