The Films of Martin Scorsese, 1978-99

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

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   Pages 21-38

4. Masculinity, Violence, Resistance: Raging Bull

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   Pages 39-67

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

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   Pages 68-89

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

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   Pages 90-121

7. Yuppies in Peril: After Hours and Cape Fear

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   Pages 122-152

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

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   Pages 153-182

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

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   Pages 183-211

10. Power and the Look: Casino

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    Pages 212-242

11. Cinema of Transcendence, Cinema as Transcendence: Kundun

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    Pages 243-271

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

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    Pages 272-300

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

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    Pages 301-310

14. Back Matter

    Pages 311-357

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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.

• bibliography
• cinema
• color
• comedy
• Hollywood
• Jesus Christ
• knowledge
• religion
• resistance
• style
• time
• violence

• University of Winchester, UK

  Leighton Grist

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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