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The Right Stuff [EPUB ebook]

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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.

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Format EPUB ● Pages 95 ● ISBN 9781839020452 ● Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing ● Published 2019 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 8227322 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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