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Gay Directors, Gay Films? : Pedro Almodóvar, Terence Davies, Todd Haynes, Gus Van Sant, John Waters / Emanuel Levy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (392 p.) : 33 b&w illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231152761
  • 9780231526531
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43653 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.H55 L48 2015
  • PN1995.9.H55 L48 2016
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 PEDRO ALMODÓVAR -- 2 TERENCE DAVIES -- 3 TODD HAYNES -- 4 GUS VAN SANT -- 5 JOHN WATERS -- CONCLUSION: GAY DIRECTORS-WHO'S LOOKING AND HOW? -- NOTES -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Summary: Through intimate encounters with the life and work of five contemporary gay male directors, this book develops a framework for interpreting what it means to make a gay film or adopt a gay point of view. For most of the twentieth century, gay characters and gay themes were both underrepresented and misrepresented in mainstream cinema. Since the 1970s, however, a new generation of openly gay directors has turned the closet inside out, bringing a poignant immediacy to modern cinema and popular culture.Combining his experienced critique with in-depth interviews, Emanuel Levy draws a clear timeline of gay filmmaking over the past four decades and its particular influences and innovations. While recognizing the "queering" of American culture that resulted from these films, Levy also takes stock of the ensuing conservative backlash and its impact on cinematic art, a trend that continues alongside a growing acceptance of homosexuality. He compares the similarities and differences between the "North American" attitudes of Todd Haynes, Gus Van Sant, and John Waters and the "European" perspectives of Pedro Almodóvar and Terence Davies, developing a truly expansive approach to gay filmmaking and auteur cinema.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 PEDRO ALMODÓVAR -- 2 TERENCE DAVIES -- 3 TODD HAYNES -- 4 GUS VAN SANT -- 5 JOHN WATERS -- CONCLUSION: GAY DIRECTORS-WHO'S LOOKING AND HOW? -- NOTES -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

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Through intimate encounters with the life and work of five contemporary gay male directors, this book develops a framework for interpreting what it means to make a gay film or adopt a gay point of view. For most of the twentieth century, gay characters and gay themes were both underrepresented and misrepresented in mainstream cinema. Since the 1970s, however, a new generation of openly gay directors has turned the closet inside out, bringing a poignant immediacy to modern cinema and popular culture.Combining his experienced critique with in-depth interviews, Emanuel Levy draws a clear timeline of gay filmmaking over the past four decades and its particular influences and innovations. While recognizing the "queering" of American culture that resulted from these films, Levy also takes stock of the ensuing conservative backlash and its impact on cinematic art, a trend that continues alongside a growing acceptance of homosexuality. He compares the similarities and differences between the "North American" attitudes of Todd Haynes, Gus Van Sant, and John Waters and the "European" perspectives of Pedro Almodóvar and Terence Davies, developing a truly expansive approach to gay filmmaking and auteur cinema.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)