Martin Scorsese's AmericaISBN: 978-0-7456-4522-3
Hardcover
200 pages
November 2009, Polity
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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Film-Philosophy
"Martin Scorsese's America is a remarkable study focused
not only on an individual but on a creator of a vision."
Film Ireland
"The author accessibly makes a case for the director as a key
chronicler of (male) America."
Total Film
"Cashmore has written a book on Scorsese that should appeal to
fans, and provides a solid introduction to a decent critical
analysis of the bulk of his work. Academically it's thorough, with
enough references that it would serve as a perfect keystone text
... a pleasant read."
Eye for Film
'Ellis Cashmore acknowledges Scorsese as a visionary of modern
cinema and hails him as the world's greatest living film maker ...
Cashmore provides an easily accessible insight into Scorsese's
catalogue of cinematic classics, including Goodfellas and Casino,
as well as his lesser-known documenataries and television shows ...
[Martin Scorsese's America] is aimed at a wide range of film
fans, from students to avid cinema goers.'
Express & Star
"With this innovative study of his films, Ellis Cashmore has
raised Martin Scorsese to the ranks of key chroniclers of American
society. As Frank Capra was the voice of the Depression era and
John Ford revealed America as shaped by World War II and its
aftermath, Scorsese provides an on-going interpretation of the past
forty years: rock and roll, Reaganism, civil rights, feminism, and
the revision of the American dream. Cashmore tells us a great deal
about both Scorsese and America."
Richard A. Blake, Boston College
"Ellis Cashmore's Martin Scorsese's America probes the
cinematic oeuvre of one of the world's major film directors,
ferreting out his recurrent themes, obsessions, and visions of
contemporary life in the United States. Capturing the variety and
diversity of Scorsese's work, Cashmore provides an illuminating
portrait of a major cineaste and makes the case that Scorsese
should be seen as one of the great U.S. directors whose visions of
American life are as incisive and insightful as many great literary
artists."
Douglas Kellner, UCLA