Magnolia is one of those films students know and love. From the over–the–top performances by male and female leads to the "ripped from the pages of the Old Testament" conclusion, Magnolia is a cult favorite in American cinema. MAGNOLIA is the first book to examine this polarizing yet popular film. MAGNOLIA solicits students in a number of ways at the pedagogical level: to concentrate on mise–en–scene; to look beyond a film’s style in order to ask, "What is the film’s substance?” A consideration of Anderson himself prompts discussion about the role and responsibilities of the auteur. What constitutes cinema (or media) literacy in the digital age?” How do the "politics of postmodernism” influence Magnolia and what are the parameters of the film’s critique of the mass media? By developing a careful analysis of the film, its director, as well as the contemporary context in which it was produced, MAGNOLIA challenges students to ask themselves why, in fact, they are so rivetted...

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