@article{article_811929, title={Looking At Robert Altman’s Cinema Through An Anti-Hollywood Perspective}, journal={OPUS International Journal of Society Researches}, volume={16}, pages={3837–3852}, year={2020}, DOI={10.26466/opus.811929}, author={Taş Öz, Perihan and Erensoy, Şirin Fulya}, keywords={Robert Altman, anti-Hollywood, öz-düşünümsellik, tür, western}, abstract={This article aims to analyze Robert Altman’s narrative and cinematic discourses as developed through his personal style from an anti-Hollywood perspective, by looking at two of his films: McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971) and Nashville (1975). The article will concentrate on filmic characteristics seen in many of Altman’s films but more prominent in these particular films. Among these characteristics, one can see subversion of generic tropes; particularly that of the western – a genre which is associated with America itself. Through the ironic subversion of narrative codes, Altman has created an anti-western text. While doing this, Altman often employs self-reflexive elements and open endings in order to make the audience reflect on the values of their culture, particularly popular culture. The films, made in the 1970s, come after a period of hope for society and Hollywood; while the revolutionary fervor of the 1960s had fizzled, the devastating effects of the Vietnam War were being felt throughout society. Moreover, Hollywood’s renaissance was slowly giving way to blockbusters. In the films examined, Altman engages in a criticism of American culture by looking at masculinity, politics and show business. This criticism is laden with irony, employing an anti-Hollywood perspective, as distinguished by his auteurism.}, number={31}, publisher={İdeal Kent Yayınları}, organization={İstanbul Kültür Üniversitesi}