Arrows of Desire - Peter Wollen, Selected Writings I

About the author

Peter Wollen (1938-2019) was a cultural critic, film theorist, curator and avant-garde filmmaker. His books include Signs and Meaning in the Cinema, Raiding the Icebox, Readings and Writings, and Singin' in the Rain. He co-wrote the screenplay for Antonioni's The Passenger, and subsequently made six films in collaboration with Laura Mulvey, including Riddles of the Sphinx. His final film was a solo project, Friendship's Death, starring Tilda Swinton.Kodwo Eshun is a writer, filmmaker and one half of the Turner Prize-nominated Otolith Group. He teaches at Goldsmiths College, University of London.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Wollen
• Assisted by: Eshun Kodwo (Editor), Oliver Fuke (Editor), Nicolas Helm-Grovas (Editor)
• Publisher: Pan macmillan Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 21.07.2026
• EAN: 9781836741176
• ISBN: 978-1-83674-117-6
• No. of pages: 336
• Weight: 400 g
• Subjects: ART / Criticism & Theory, ART / Film & Video, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Film Theory & Criticism, Marxism & Communism, Film history, theory or criticism