The Right Stuff
Tom Charity
95 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 085170624X
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Language: English
Publish: 875257200000
This study places The Right Stuff in the historical context of the political history of the Space Race. It explores director Philip Kaufman’s subversive adventurism, his mastery of cinematic form, and the way in which the film combines the mythology of the Western with counter-cultural concerns.