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Gay directors, gay films? : Pedro Almodóvar, Terence Davies, Todd Haynes, Gus Van Sant, John Waters / Emanuel Levy.

by Levy, Emanuel, 1947-

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Columbia University Press, 2015.

791.43653 L668g

Homosexuality in motion pictures.

Gay motion picture producers and directors -- United States.

Gay motion picture producers and directors -- Europe.

9780231152761 (hc.)

9780231152778 (pbk.)

xix, 378 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pedro Almodóvar: Spain's enfant terrible -- Terence Davies: subjective memoirist -- Todd Haynes: deconstructive queer cinema -- Gus van Sant: poet of lost and alienated youth -- John Waters: queer as trash and camp -- Conclusion: gay directors "who's looking at whom and how".

"Through 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. For most of the twentieth century, gay characters and gay themes were both underrepresented and misrepresented in mainstream cinema. Since the 1970s, however, a new generation of openly gay directors has turned the closet inside out, bringing a poignant immediacy to modern cinema and popular culture. Emanuel Levy draws a clear timeline of gay filmmaking over the past four decades and its particular influences and innovations. While recognizing the "queering" of American culture that resulted from these films, Levy also takes stock of the ensuing conservative backlash and its impact on cinematic art, a trend that continues alongside a growing acceptance of homosexuality. He compares the similarities and differences between the "North American" attitudes of Todd Haynes, Gus Van Sant, and John Waters and the "European" perspectives of Pedro Almodóvar and Terence Davies, developing a truly expansive approach to gay filmmaking and auteur cinema. Emanuel Levy is a professor of film and sociology who has taught at Wellesley College and Arizona State University"--Provided by publisher.

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