How America and the United States Fought in Film and Rock and Roll

How America and the United States Fought in Film and Rock 'n' Roll
Yasuto Higuchi
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Eastwood, Spielberg, Tarantino... The modern history of the United States has been a struggle between "America" as an idea and the "United States" as a system. This book examines the image of "America," unbound by borders.

Keith Richards, who covered Robert Johnson's "Love in Vain," said, "I heard two guitars. It took me a while to realize Johnson was doing it all by himself." The secret to Johnson's captivating many musicians seems to be summed up in these words. His performance sounds as if two performers are playing. In other words, sounds that cannot coexist are coexisting. His "sense of guilt" exists within him, but only as something external. In other words, it is not a virtual existence created by Johnson's consciousness, but it exists in a way that cannot be called virtual, yet it certainly exists. That is "America." This book tells the story of such "America."

Contents
"America" vs. "The United States" (Perfect World - How Clint Eastwood Erased the "Outside" from America
Blood Like Ketchup Stains - When Did "American Shadow" John Cassavetes' "Realism" Begin?
America as a Monster - What is the "Idea" that Inhabits Robert Altman's "Nashville," etc.)
The Edge of the World (The Echo Chamber Under the Floor - Who is the "New Angel" who Hears the Voices of "People Who Once Were"?
Muscles and Gaze - How Did Rock 'n' Roll Save Film from "Image"?
The End of the Never-Ending End - When the "Factory" Closed, Where Did the "Dream" Go?
John Ford by CG - Why Can Film Survive Even When It Ceases to Be Film)
America is Calling - In Place of an Afterword

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