ReFocus: The Films of Albert Brooks

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ReFocus: The Films of Albert Brooks is written by Christian B. Long and published by Edinburgh University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1474434274 (ISBN 10) and 9781474434270 (ISBN 13).

This is the first sustained critical collection on Albert Brooks, one of the key but under-examined figures in American stand-up, television comedy and Hollywood film comedy. Analysing every film written and directed by Albert Brooks, including Real Life (1979), Modern Romance (1981) and Lost in America (1985), as well as a number of his acting and voice-over roles, his stand-up comedy albums, talk show appearances and writing, the book argues that Albert Brooks not only merits a wider viewership, both critical and popular, but also that his career offers a useful lens through which to understand American film and culture since the late 1960s.