{"product_id":"rushmore-by-kristi-irene-mckim-9781839024498","title":"Rushmore","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEarning critical acclaim and commercial success upon its 1998 release, \u003ci\u003eRushmore\u003c\/i\u003e—the sophomore film of American auteur Wes Anderson—quickly gained the status of a cult classic. A melancholic coming-of-age story wrapped in comedy drama, \u003ci\u003eRushmore\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the efforts of Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman)—a brazen and precocious fifteen-year-old—to find his way. Restless, energetic, struggling, and overcompensating for his insecurities, Max pursues a dizzying range of possible futures, leading him into the orbit of local steel magnate Herman Blume (Bill Murray), elementary school teacher Rosemary Cross (Olivia Williams), and a host of cooperative schoolmates who help him to stage lavish film-derivative plays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKristi McKim’s compelling study of the film argues that despite the film’s titular call for haste and excess (rush\/more), it challenges a drive toward perfectionism and celebrates the quiet connections that defy such passion and speed. After establishing \u003ci\u003eRushmore\u003c\/i\u003e’s history and reception, McKim closely reads \u003ci\u003eRushmore\u003c\/i\u003e’s energetic musical montages relative to slower moments that introduce tenderness and ambiguity, in a form subtler than Max’s desire-built drive or genre-based plays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer analysis offers an urgent corrective to what might be perceived as an endearing portrait of privilege that perpetuates a status quo power. Drawing out \u003ci\u003eRushmore\u003c\/i\u003e’s subtleties that soften, temper, ease, expand, and equalize the film’s zeal, she reads the film with a generosity learned from the film itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471486370028,"sku":"9781839024498","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781839024498-rushmore.jpg?v=1775245029","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/rushmore-by-kristi-irene-mckim-9781839024498","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}