Christopher Beach is author of several books, including Class, Language, and American Film Comedy, The Cambridge Introduction to Twentieth-Century American Poetry, and Poetic Culture: Contemporary American Poetry between Community and Institution.
Christopher Beach's study of the rise and fall of Hal Ashby not
only enlightens us about the inner workings of the director's films
but about the decade of the 1970s when he did his best work. This
is an important addition to our understanding of the 'new
Hollywood' and the changes in filmmaking of which Ashby's films
were so much a part."--Robert Kolker "author of A Cinema of
Loneliness "
Incredibly, there has been no critical biography of the ex-Mormon
hippie who made the brilliant, prescient Being There (and Harold
and Maude, Coming Home, and Shampoo)-until now. Christopher Beach
brings Hal Ashby and his smart, quirky films into sharp and
appreciative focus.--Ed Sikov "author of Mr. Strangelove: A
Biography of Peter Sellers "
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