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Todd Haynes: Contemporary Film Directors

Autor Rob White
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 feb 2013
 
Todd Haynes's films are intricate and purposeful, combining the intellectual impact of art cinema with the emotional accessibility of popular genres. They are also underpinned by a serious commitment to feminism and queer theory. From his 1985 student film about Arthur Rimbaud to his shapeshifting portrait of Bob Dylan in I'm Not There (2007) and the riveting HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce (2011), Haynes has made films whose complex weave of stories and characters reveals dark, painful intensities. His taste for narrative experimentation and pastiche is haunted by anguish.
 
Rob White's highly readable book, which includes a major new interview with Haynes, is the first comprehensive study of the director's work. Special attention is paid to the fascination with music culture (from the Carpenters to glam rock) and to the rich pattern of allusions to, or affinity with, predecessor filmmakers (Fassbinder, Ophuls, Sirk, and many more). But White's chief concern is the persistence of a queer impulse to explore social coercion and the possibility that there may be some way of escaping its cruelty.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780252079108
ISBN-10: 0252079108
Pagini: 192
Ilustrații: 20 black and white photographs, filmography
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Ediția:1st Edition
Editura: University of Illinois Press
Colecția University of Illinois Press
Seria Contemporary Film Directors


Recenzii

"Driven by an equally passionate love and questioning of Haynes's films, Rob White's energetic book surpasses mere survey to originate an important understanding of this important cinema."
--D. A. Miller, author of 8 1/2

"The book offers a sound account of a director who remains committed to addressing the shortcomings of contemporary America."--Journal of American Culture
 

"An impressive mix of high and low criticism. . . . White manages his various lines of inquiry with precision and a streamlined sense of significance and packing, making this book an excellent addition to the "Contemporary Film Directors" series."--Slant Magazine

 
 "The first comprehensive study of Haynes's achievements--is a most welcome addition to film studies.  Highly recommended."--Choice

Notă biografică

Rob White, the editor of Film Quarterly, is the author of Freud's Memory: Psychoanalysis, Mourning and the Foreign Body and the BFI Film Classics study on The Third Man.