Stanley Cavell and the Magic of Hollywood Films
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One of Americas most important contemporary thinkers, Stanley Cavells remarkable film philosophy proposed that the greatest Hollywood films reflect the struggle to become who we really are a struggle that is foregrounded in the characteristically American theory of Emersonian perfectionism.
Focusing on his account of what makes Hollywood movies so magical, Dan Shaw draws on Cavells theories to interpret a range of classic and contemporary dramas, including Mr Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Boys Dont Cry (1999) and The Hurt Locker (2008). Pairing of these analyses with discussions of Cavells precursors, including Emerson, Nietzsche and Mill, the book explores a distinctively American philosophical foundation for the study of Hollywood film.
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