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Overview"Beloved, controversial, influential, the creator of such fascinating and award-winning films as My Own Private Idaho, Good Will Hunting, Elephant, and Milk, Gus Van Sant stands among the great international directors, equally at home in Hollywood and the avant-garde. Examining his films thematically, this book finds consistency of vision in Van Sant's unique approach to cinema, which deploys postmodernist techniques such as appropriation, nonlinear narrative, and queering--not in the service of the chic but to apply an all-inclusive viewpoint to ageless tales of life, love and death. Van Sant's films are viewed through a multi-genre prism, including the work of Bruce Weber and Derek Jarman, the westerns of Sam Peckinpah, the music of the Velvet Underground and Nirvana, the fiction of Sam D'Allesandro, and especially the ""cut-up""/collage practice of intertextual authorship pioneered by William Burroughs." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Justin VicariPublisher: McFarland & Co Inc Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.358kg ISBN: 9780786471836ISBN 10: 0786471832 Pages: 259 Publication Date: 20 September 2012 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsTable of Contents Preface: My Own Private Academy Awards Introduction: Filmmaking as Sampling Part One : Experiential Texts 1. Van Sant and Intertextualty 2. Cloudscapes and Pietàs: Visual Intertextuality 3. Schizo-ing Psycho: Quotational Intertextuality 4. “Where’s Dad?” Thematic Intertextuality 5. Finding Forrester: Postmodern Skin, or, The End of Whose History? Part Two : Time Names 6. Van Sant and Queer Cinema 7. The Mirror in the Mirror: Gerry 8. Queering the Iconographies of Fashion and Militarism in Even Cowgirls Get the Blues and Elephant 9. Back from Interzone: Reading William Burroughs’ Sexual Politics Through the Films of Van Sant 10. Secret Histories Conclusion: Beyond “Private” Chapter Notes Works Cited IndexReviewsViews Van Sant's films with an eye for postmodernist techniques...Vicari is rigorous in his attention, but conversational and witty. --Reference & Research Book News; discusses the film director 'equally at home in Hollywood and avant-garde'...asserts a consistency of vision in Van Sant's cinematic approach, one favoring appropriation, nonlinear narrative, and queering --Communication Booknotes Quarterly. Views Van Sant's films with an eye for postmodernist techniques...Vicari is rigorous in his attention, but conversational and witty. -- Reference & Research Book News Discusses the film director equally at home in Hollywood and avant-garde...asserts a consistency of vision in Van Sant's cinematic approach, one favoring appropriation, nonlinear narrative, and queering. -- Communication Booknotes Quarterly """Views Van Sant's films with an eye for postmodernist techniques...Vicari is rigorous in his attention, but conversational and witty."" -- Reference & Research Book News ""Discusses the film director equally at home in Hollywood and avant-garde...asserts a consistency of vision in Van Sant's cinematic approach, one favoring appropriation, nonlinear narrative, and queering."" -- Communication Booknotes Quarterly" Views Van Sant's films with an eye for postmodernist techniques...Vicari is rigorous in his attention, but conversational and witty. --Reference & Research Book News; discusses the film director 'equally at home in Hollywood and avant-garde'...asserts a consistency of vision in Van Sant's cinematic approach, one favoring appropriation, nonlinear narrative, and queering --Communication Booknotes Quarterly. Author InformationJustin Vicari is an award-winning poet, essayist and film writer. He lives in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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