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ReFocus. The films of Spike Jonze / edited by Kim Wilkins and Wyatt Moss-Wellington.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lafontaine, Andreé, Author.
- Series:
- ReFocus. The American directors series.
- Edinburgh scholarship online.
- ReFocus. The American directors series
- Edinburgh scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jonze, Spike--Criticism and interpretation.
- Jonze, Spike.
- Dolan, Xavier-Criticism and interpretation.
- Motion pictures-Québec (Province).
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 257 pages) : illustrations.
- Other Title:
- Films of Spike Jonze
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- This book looks at Spike Jonze's ground-breaking work in both features and short forms, exploring the impact of his filmmaking across a range of philosophical and cultural discussions.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Film and Video Work by Xavier Dolan
- Introduction
- Part Queer Universalism
- 1. The Transgressive Cinema of Xavier Dolan
- 2. The Dolandrama: Queer Male Authorship and the Fabulous Leading Lady
- 3. Xavier Dolan’s Backward Cinema: Straight Spaces, Queer Temporality, and Genealogical Interruptions in Tom at the Farm and It’s Only the End of the World
- Part 2 Local Auteur
- 4. Spaces and Times of Québec in Films by Xavier Dolan
- 5. Xavier Dolan’s J’ai tué ma mère and Québec’s New Cinema of mise-en-scène
- 6. Transcreating Tom à la ferme and Juste la fin du monde
- 7. Xavier Dolan in India: The Alchemy of Film Viewing
- Part 3 Millennial Auteur
- 8. Joy, Melancholy, and the Promise of Happiness in Xavier Dolan’s Mommy
- 9. “I am looking for someone who understands my language and speaks it”: Dolan’s Excessive Dialogues
- 10. Fade to Grey: Dolan’s Pop Fashion and Surface Style
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Previously issued in print: Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2019.
- ISBN:
- 1-4744-7666-X
- OCLC:
- 1312725838
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