Stranger Than Paradise

Zusatztext This volume [is] the first book length study of an important and frequently taught art-cult movie. Arguing that Jarmusch's Stranger Than Paradise didn't come to cult status in the usual way! the volume makes an important intervention in the way we define cult movies and assign cult status! and an intervention in the way we frame the entire "cult" discussion. Informationen zum Autor Jamie Sexton is senior lecturer in film and television studies at Northumbria University. He is the coauthor of Cult Cinema (2011). Klappentext This book probes the production history! initial reception! aesthetics! and legacy of Jim Jarmusch's Stranger Than Paradise in order to understand its place in the cult film canon. It explores early-1980s New York downtown culture and Jarmusch's involvement in music! as well as reflecting on the film's status alongside Jarmusch's subsequent output. Zusammenfassung This book probes the production history, initial reception, aesthetics, and legacy of Jim Jarmusch’s Stranger Than Paradise in order to understand its place in the cult film canon. It explores early-1980s New York downtown culture and Jarmusch’s involvement in music, as well as reflecting on the film's status alongside Jarmusch’s subsequent output. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Stranger Than Paradise! Video! Television! and I 1. Production and Initial Reception 2. Film Analysis 3. Subsequent Reception 4. Status as a Cult Film Notes References Index

Product details

• Authors: Jamie Sexton, Sexton Jamie
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2018
• EAN: 9780231180559
• ISBN: 978-0-231-18055-9
• No. of pages: 136
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 180 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Cultographies; Cultographies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre; PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Individual Film Directors, Film-Makers, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Direction & Production, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism