A Companion to Robert Altman

A Companion to Robert Altman presents a wideselection of essays covering myriad perspectives on Altman slife, career, influence and historical context. As one of the keyfigures in post–World War II American cinema, Altman s workrepresents an important bridge between Hollywood and independentcinema, film and television, mainstream narrative and art cinema,the movies and a range of other art forms. This book feature 23essays from a wide variety of experts in the field covering many ofthese aspects and dimensions of Altman s work including hisextraordinary deployment of various devices such as the zoom,multi–track sound recording and the long take, his iconoclasticcritical reputation, and his representation of space and place.This volume is particularly significant for the ways in which itshifts focus to specific aspects of Altman s work that havethat have been beyond the scope of previous studies including hiswork in industrial filmmaking and television, collaboration withactors and writers, and his influence on other filmmakers. It drawson a range of approaches to his work beyond the traditionalparameters of auteurist film criticism, and represents the firsttruly extensive and expansive collection devoted to Altman swork.

Adrian Danks is Director of Higher Degree Research in theSchool of Media and Communication, Royal Melbourne Institute ofTechnology (University). He is also co–curator of the MelbourneCinémathèque and co–editor of Senses of Cinema. Hehas published widely on various subjects including found footagecinema, auteurism, cinephilia, rear–projection, the film–on–film,Iranian cinema, Australian cinema, film restoration and home moviesin a range of books and journals.