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Gay Directors, Gay Films? Pedro Almodóvar, Terence Davies, Todd Haynes, Gus Van Sant, John Waters by Call Number: OnlinePublication Date: 2015Through 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.
Queer Images: A History of Gay and Lesbian Film in America by Call Number: OnlinePublication Date: 2005From Thomas Edison's first cinematic experiments to contemporary Hollywood blockbusters, Queer Images chronicles the representation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer sexualities over one hundred years of American film.
Coming Out to the Mainstream : New Queer Cinema in the 21st Century by Call Number: OnlinePublication Date: 2010Coming Out to the Mainstream is a collection of essays written from a range of perspectives, from scholars to film producers, who seek to contextualize and reframe New Queer Cinema from a 21st century perspective-decades after Stonewall, the emergence of the HIV-AIDS crisis, and the initial years of the gay marriage movement.
Restaging History with Fantasy: Body, Camp, and Sound in the Films of Treut, Ottinger, and von Praunheim (book chapter) by Call Number: Mugar Stacks PN1993.5.G3 F57 2004 and OnlinePublication Date: 2003Most studies of the celebrated film movement have sidestepped the role of music, a curious oversight given its importance to German culture and nation formation. Caryl Flinn's study reverses this trend, identifying styles of historical remembrance in which music participates.
Derek Jarman by Call Number: OnlinePublication Date: 2019This book gives detailed and original critical readings of all eleven of Derek Jarman's feature-length films, arguing that he occupies a major and influential place in European and world cinema rather than merely being a cult figure within a particular subculture.
