Punk slash! musicals : tracking slip-sync on film / David Laderman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laderman, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rock films--Great Britain--History and criticism.

Rock films.

Rock films--United States--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Punk Slash! Musicals is the first book to deal extensively with punk narrative films, specifically British and American punk rock musicals produced from roughly 1978 to 1986. Films such as Jubilee, Breaking Glass, Times Square, Smithereens, Starstruck, and Sid and Nancy represent a convergence between independent, subversive cinema and formulaic classical Hollywood and pop musical genres. Guiding this project is the concept of "slip-sync." Riffing on the commonplace lip-sync phenomenon, "slip-sync" refers to moments in the films when the punk performer "slips" out of sync with the performance spectacle, and sometimes the sound track itself, engendering a provocative moment of tension. This tension frequently serves to illustrate other thematic and narrative conflicts, central among these being the punk negotiation between authenticity and inauthenticity. Laderman emphasizes the strong female lead performer at the center of most of these films, as well as each film's engagement with gender and race issues. Additionally, he situates his analyses in relation to the broader cultural and political context of the neo-conservatism and new electronic audio-visual technologies of the 1980s, showing how punk's revolution against the mainstream actually depends upon a certain ironic embrace of pop culture.

Contents:

Let's do the time warp : welcome to the punk musical film cycle

Situating slip-sync: in/authenticity, Singin' in the rain, A hard day's night, The Rocky horror picture show, Blank generation, Illusions, Nice coloured girls, neocon 1980's

The queen is dead : Jubilee

The punk meets the godfather : The great rock\ 'n' roll swindle

Your face is a mess : Breaking glass

American slip-sync remix : Blank generation, Rock\ 'n' roll high school, Out of the blue, Smithereens, Liquid sky

Talk of the town : Times Square

Uh huh her : Ladies and gentlemen, the fabulous stains

Now entertain us : Starstruck, Sid and Nancy, True stories

Postscript: slip-streaming.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-292-79295-6

OCLC:

610030192