Journal article
“I Saw a Different Life. I Can’t Stop Seeing It”: Perfectionist visions in Revolutionary Road
- Abstract:
- In this article, I claim that Sam Mendes’ Revolutionary Road (2008) is a recent version of the film genre that Stanley Cavell calls the “melodrama of the unknown woman”. Accordingly, my discussion focuses on two key elements of that identification: the film’s overriding dramatic and thematic emphasis on conversation, and the central characters’ relation to the wider social and political concerns of America.
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.3366/film.2021.0175
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- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- Journal:
- Film-Philosophy More from this journal
- Volume:
- 25
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 251-271
- Publication date:
- 2021-11-02
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1466-4615
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English
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1287943
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2022-10-28
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- Copyright holder:
- Paul Deb
- Copyright date:
- 2021
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