Filming difference : actors, directors, producers, and writers on gender, race, and sexuality in film / edited by Daniel Bernardi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bernardi, Daniel, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social problems in motion pictures.

Sex role in motion pictures.

Race relations in motion pictures.

Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Interviews.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Interviews.

Motion picture actors and actresses.

Screenwriters--United States--Interviews.

Screenwriters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (391 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Addressing representation and identity in a variety of production styles and genres, including experimental film and documentary, independent and mainstream film, and television drama, Filming Difference poses fundamental questions about the ways in which the art and craft of filmmaking force creative people to confront stereotypes and examine their own identities while representing the complexities of their subjects. Selections range from C. A. Griffith's "Del Otro Lado: Border Crossings, Disappearing Souls, and Other Transgressions" and Celine Perreñas Shimizu's "Pain and Pleasure in the Flesh of Machiko Saito's Experimental Movies" to Christopher Bradley's "I Saw You Naked: 'Hard' Acting in 'Gay' Movies," along with Kevin Sandler's interview with Paris Barclay, Yuri Makino's interview with Chris Eyre, and many other perspectives on the implications of film production, writing, producing, and acting. Technical aspects of the craft are considered as well, including how contributors to filmmaking plan and design films and episodic television that feature difference, and how the tools of cinema—such as cinematography and lighting—influence portrayals of gender, race, and sexuality. The struggle between economic pressures and the desire to produce thought-provoking, socially conscious stories forms another core issue raised in Filming Difference. Speaking with critical rigor and creative experience, the contributors to this collection communicate the power of their media.

Contents:

Exposing bodies. Disability is us: remembering, recovering, and remaking the image of disability / Laura Kissel

"I saw you naked": "hard" acting in "gay" movies / Christopher Bradley

Pain and pleasure in the flesh of Machiko Saito's experimental movies / Celine Parreñas Shimizu

Border visions. Framing identities/the evolving self: beyond the academic director / Cristina Kotz Cornejo

Indigenism, (in)visibility: notes on migratory film / John Thornton Caldwell

Traversing cinematic borders: an interview with Paul Espinosa / Daniel Bernardi

Global identities. Del otro lado: border crossings, disappearing souls, and other transgressions / C.A. Griffith

Faith in sexual difference: the inquisition of a creative process / Daniel S. Cutrara

Dead conversations on art and politics: Jose Gudalupe Posada interviews John Jota Leaños / John Jota Leaños

Independent ambitions. Neither color blind, nor near-sighted: representation, race, and the academic filmmaker / Aaron Greer

Performing to perform the other: developing roles different from oneself / Sheldon Schiffer

Cinematic reservations: an interview with Chris Eyre / Yuri Makino

True Hollywood stories. "And maybe there is a way to give Hollywood the kick in the ass that it needs": an interview with filmmaker Karyn Kusama / Dan Rybicky

From Selena to Walkout: an interview with Moctesuma Esparza / Kathryn F. Galán

Negotiating the politics of (in)difference in contemporary Hollywood: an interview with Kimberly Peirce / Denise Mann

Televising difference: an interview with Paris Barclay / Kevin Sandler.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-292-79355-3

OCLC:

429918102