Alan Rudolph's Trouble in Mind: Tampering with Myths (Out of the Archives) - Softcover

Caryl Flinn (author)

 
9780472039395: Alan Rudolph's Trouble in Mind: Tampering with Myths (Out of the Archives)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0472039393 ISBN 13: 9780472039395
Publisher: University of Michigan Press, 2023

Synopsis

Despite a career spanning over forty years, filmmaker Alan Rudolph has flown largely under the radar of independent film scholars and enthusiasts, often remembered as Robert Altman’s protégé. Through a reading of his 1985 film Trouble in Mind, Caryl Flinn demonstrates that Rudolph is long overdue for critical re-evaluation. Exploring Trouble in Mind’s influence on indie filmmaking, Rudolph’s dream-like style, and the external political influences of the Reagan era, Flinn effectively conveys the originality of Rudolph’s work through this multifaceted film. Utilizing archival materials and interviews with Rudolph himself and his collaborators, Flinn argues for this career-defining film’s relevance to American independent cinema and the decade of the 1980s. Amply illustrated with frame enlargements and set photographs, this book uncovers new production stories and reception contexts of a film that Flinn argues deserves a place in the limelight.

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About the Author

Caryl Flinn is Professor of Film, Television, and Media at the University of Michigan.

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Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0472039393
ISBN 13 
9780472039395
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
136