{"product_id":"brideshead-revisited-the-past-redeemed-book-robert-murray-davis-9780805781380","title":"\"Brideshead Revisited\": the Past Redeemed","description":"When Steven Soderbergh exploded onto movie screens with \u003ci\u003esex, lies, and videotape\u003c\/i\u003e in 1989, it represented more than the arrival of an important new director--it heralded the arrival of an entire generation of important new directors. Quentin Tarantino (\u003ci\u003ePulp Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e), Kevin Smith (\u003ci\u003eDogma\u003c\/i\u003e), David Fincher (\u003ci\u003eFight Club\u003c\/i\u003e), M. Night Shyamalan (\u003ci\u003eThe Sixth Sense\u003c\/i\u003e), Ben Stiller (\u003ci\u003eReality Bites\u003c\/i\u003e), Michael Bay (\u003ci\u003ePearl Harbor\u003c\/i\u003e), and dozens of others are all members of Generation X, the much talked about but much misunderstood successors to baby boomers. This book is a critical study of the films directed by Gen Xers and how those directors have been influenced by their generational identity. While Generation X as a whole sometimes seems to lack direction, its filmmakers have devoted their careers to making powerful statements about contemporary society and their generation's role in it. Each section of the book deals with an aspect of Gen X filmmaking, including the influence of popular culture, postmodern narrative devices, slackerdom and the lack of direction, disenfranchisement and nihilism, the ever-evolving role of technology, gender issues and sexuality, the question of race, the influence of older filmmakers, and visions of the future.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50102799597841,"sku":"GOR007558883","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0805781382.jpg?v=1750946400","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/brideshead-revisited-the-past-redeemed-book-robert-murray-davis-9780805781380","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}