Work and Memory in A Prairie Home Companion, by Robert Altman

Authors

  • Marcos César de Paula Soares

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19177/rcc.v6e12011217-231

Keywords:

North-American cinema, Robert Altman, Postmodernism, Memory

Abstract

The present essay discusses A Prairie Home Companion (2006), by Robert Altman with a focus on how that film reflects on the contemporary work forms and on the role of historical memory as resistence to the assaults by the cultural industry against its workers.

Author Biography

  • Marcos César de Paula Soares
    Professor doutor - FFLCH - Universidade de São Paulo.

Published

2011-06-10

Issue

Section

Ensaios