Abstract
In this article, I claim that Sam Mendes’ Revolutionary Road (2008) is a recent version of the film genre that Stanley Cavell calls the “melodrama of the unknown woman”. Accordingly, my discussion focuses on two key elements of that identification: the film’s overriding dramatic and thematic emphasis on conversation, and the central characters’ relation to the wider social and political concerns of America.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 251-271 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Film-Philosophy |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2 Nov 2021 |
Keywords
- Stanley Cavell
- Sam Mendes
- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Kate Winslet
- melodrama
- unknown woman
- moral perfectionism
- Hollywood