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The Films of Martin Scorsese, 1978-99

Authorship and Context II

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  1. Leighton Grist

    1. University of Winchester, UK

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Evolving Authorship, Developing Contexts: ‘Life Lessons’

    • Leighton Grist
    Pages 1-20

  3. Scorsese and Documentary: The Last Waltz

    • Leighton Grist
    Pages 21-38

  4. Masculinity, Violence, Resistance: Raging Bull

    • Leighton Grist
    Pages 39-67

  5. Back to Travis #1: The King of Comedy

    • Leighton Grist
    Pages 68-89

  6. Adventures in Reagan and Bush Sr’s USA: The Color of Money and GoodFellas

    • Leighton Grist
    Pages 90-121

  7. Yuppies in Peril: After Hours and Cape Fear

    • Leighton Grist
    Pages 122-152

  8. Religion, Blasphemy and the Hollywood Institution: The Last Temptation of Christ

    • Leighton Grist
    Pages 153-182

  9. Style, Narrative, Adaptation: The Age of Innocence

    • Leighton Grist
    Pages 183-211

  10. Power and the Look: Casino

    • Leighton Grist
    Pages 212-242

  11. Cinema of Transcendence, Cinema as Transcendence: Kundun

    • Leighton Grist
    Pages 243-271

  12. Back to Travis #2: Bringing Out the Dead

    • Leighton Grist
    Pages 272-300

  13. Conclusion: ‘Of course, there’s less time …’

    • Leighton Grist
    Pages 301-310

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 311-357
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About this book

A detailed, theoretically attuned analysis of all of the Scorsese-directed features from The Last Waltz  to Bringing Out the Dead . Grist illuminates Scorsese's authorship, but also reflects back upon a range of informing contexts.

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  • University of Winchester, UK

    Leighton Grist

About the author

LEIGHTON GRIST is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Winchester, UK. He has published extensively on film, including work on classical and post-classical Hollywood, film theory, and genre. He is the author of The Films of Martin Scorsese, 1963-77: Authorship and Context, to which this book is a sequel.

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