Martin Scorsese and the American Dream
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Martin Scorsese and the American Dream

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Martin Scorsese and the American Dream

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More than perhaps any other major filmmaker, Martin Scorsese has grappled with the idea of the American Dream. His movies are full of working-class strivers hoping for a better life, from the titular waitress and aspiring singer of Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore to the scrappy Irish immigrants of Gangs of New York. And in films as varied as Casino, The Aviator, and The Wolf of Wall Street, he vividly displays the glamour and power that can come with the fulfillment of that dream, but he also shows how it can turn into a nightmare of violence, corruption, and greed.This book is the first study of Scorsese's profound ambivalence toward the American Dream, the ways it drives some men and women to aspire to greatness, but leaves others seduced and abandoned. Showing that Scorsese understands the American dream in terms of a tension between provincialism and cosmopolitanism, Jim Cullen offers a new lens through which to view such seemingly atypical Scorsese films as The Age of Innocence, Hugo, and Kundun. Fast-paced, instructive, and resonant, Martin Scorsese and the American Dream illuminates an important dimension of our national life and how a great artist has brought it into focus.

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Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Year
2021
ISBN
9781978817432
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Performing Arts

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. A Martin Scorsese Feature Film Chronology
  8. Introduction: The Provincial Cosmopolitan
  9. 1. The Elizabethan Era
  10. 2. Redeeming Dreams
  11. 3. Impressive Failures
  12. 4. Dream Critiques
  13. 5. Recurring Dreams
  14. Conclusion: Dream of Life
  15. Acknowledgments
  16. Notes
  17. Index
  18. About the Author