%0 Journal Article %A Soares, Marcos %D 2017 %T A Note on The Regressive Side of Modernization in Relation to Two Films by Robert Altman %U https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/A_Note_on_The_Regressive_Side_of_Modernization_in_Relation_to_Two_Films_by_Robert_Altman/5001344 %R 10.4225/03/592199b8dba4b %2 https://bridges.monash.edu/ndownloader/files/8422058 %K Robert Altman %K utopia %K science fiction %K film studies %K Media Studies %X My intention here is not so much to offer a reading of Robert Altman's science fiction film Quintet, but to begin to think, very tentatively, about the types of "utopian texts" we may hope to encounter in a world context of general crisis and cultural exhaustion. At the same time, I hope the type of reflection I am proposing here will help to explain my interest in Robert Altman's work. %I Monash University