Mike Nichols

Zusatztext This special book tells the fascinating tale of Mike Nichols, an extraordinary man who made many major contributions to the American stage and cinema as an actor and producer as well as a theater and film director ... [a] mature and thoughtful rendering of the long and complicated life of Mike Nichols. No doubt others will have a go at it as well in the years ahead, but surely this book will provide much that is useful for such future efforts. Informationen zum Autor Kyle Stevens is Visiting Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies and English at Colby College. His essays have appeared in Cinema Journal, Critical Quarterly, Film Criticism, World Picture, and several edited collections. Klappentext Through the study of performer and director Mike Nichols, Kyle Stevens questions the aesthetic-ideological stance against psychological realism. He argues that characters' actions are not just filmed concepts but can be film concepts whose forms resonate politically. Zusammenfassung Through the study of performer and director Mike Nichols, Kyle Stevens questions the aesthetic-ideological stance against psychological realism. He argues that characters' actions are not just filmed concepts but can be film concepts whose forms resonate politically.

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Kyle Stevens is Visiting Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies and English at Colby College. His essays have appeared in Cinema Journal, Critical Quarterly, Film Criticism, World Picture, and several edited collections.

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Through the study of performer and director Mike Nichols, Kyle Stevens questions the aesthetic-ideological stance against psychological realism. He argues that characters' actions are not just filmed concepts but can be film concepts whose forms resonate politically.