Description
Explores the career of Robert Redford, both as an actor and a director, within the context of the changes of the film industry.
About the Author
Michael Allen is Senior Lecturer in Film and Electronic Media at Birkbeck, University of London, UK. He is the author of books including Live From the Moon: Filming and Televising the Space Race (I.B. Tauris, 2009); Contemporary US Cinema (2002) and Family Secrets: The Feature Films of D.W. Griffith (BFI Publishing, 1999).
Reviews
In Robert Redford and American Cinema, Michael Allen has provided the first comprehensive academic study of one of the most important male actors of the late 20th century. From his early career on stage and television to his eventual status as major star and sex symbol and subsequent career behind the camera, Allen argues that Redford represents the maverick spirit of the new Hollywood and indicates a trajectory for a generation of subsequent male leads. This is an important contribution to literature on Hollywood stardom and the complicated networks of meaning through which a star image is constructed. It's essential reading for anyone interested in American film culture in the late 20th century and the cultural and political landscape of the period. -- John Mercer, Birmingham City University, UK
Book Information
ISBN 9781350141971
Author Dr Michael Allen
Format Hardback
Page Count 248
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 550g