Cinema of Terry Gilliam - It''s a Mad World

Klappentext Terry Gilliam has been making movies for more than forty years! and this volume analyzes a selection of his thrilling directorial work! from his early films with Monty Python to 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnussus' (2009). The frenetic genius! auteur! and social critic continues to create indelible images on screen - if! that is! he can get funding for his next project. Featuring eleven original essays from an international group of scholars! this collection argues that when Gilliam makes a movie! he goes to war: against Hollywood caution and convention! against American hyper-consumerism and imperial militarism! against narrative vapidity and spoon-fed mediocrity! and against the brutalizing notion and cruel vision of the "American Dream." Zusammenfassung Terry Gilliam has been making movies for more than forty years! and this volume analyzes a selection of his thrilling directorial work! from his early films with Monty Python to 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnussus' (2009). The frenetic genius! auteur! and social critic continues to create indelible images on screen - if! that is! he can get funding for his next project. Featuring eleven original essays from an international group of scholars! this collection argues that when Gilliam makes a movie! he goes to war: against Hollywood caution and convention! against American hyper-consumerism and imperial militarism! against narrative vapidity and spoon-fed mediocrity! and against the brutalizing notion and cruel vision of the "American Dream." Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction! by Jeff Birkenstein! Anna Froula! and Karen RandellTerry Gilliam Interview! by Karen Randell1. Steampunked: The Animated Aesthetics of Terry Gilliam in Jabberwocky and Beyond! by Anna Froula2. Grail Tales: The Preoccupations of Terry Gilliam! by Tony Hood3. 'And Now for Something Completely Different': Pythonic Arthuriana and the Matter of Britain! by Jim Holte4. The Baron! the King and Terry Gilliam's Approach to 'the Fantastic'! by Keith James Hamel5. The Subversion of Happy Endings in Terry Gilliam's Brazil! by Jeffrey Melton and Eric Sterling6. The Fissure King: Terry Gilliam's Psychotic Fantasy Worlds! by Jacqueline Furby7. 'You can't change anything': Freedom and Control in Twelve Monkeys! by Gerry Canavan8. 'It shall be a nation': Terry Gilliam's Exploration of National Identity! Between Rationalism and Imagination! by Ofir Haivry9. 'Won't somebody please think of the children?': The Case for Terry Gilliam's Tidelands! by Kathryn A. Laity10. Divorced from Reality: Time Bandits in Search of Fulfilment! by Jeff Birkenstein11. Celebrity Trauma: The Death of Heath Ledger and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus! by Karen RandellFilmographyBibliographyIndex ...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Jeff Birkenstein, Jeff (EDT)/ Froula Birkenstein, Jeff Froula Birkenstein
• Collaboration: Jeff Birkenstein (Editeur), Birkenstein Jeff (Editeur), Anna Froula (Editeur), Froula Anna (Editeur), Karen Randell (Editeur), Randell Karen (Editeur)
• Edition: Columbia University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 23.04.2013
• EAN: 9780231165341
• ISBN: 978-0-231-16534-1
• Pages: 256
• Thèmes: Directors' Cuts; Directors' Cuts
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Photographie, cinéma, vidéo, TV; PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Documentary, Documentary films, Individual Film Directors, Film-Makers, PERFORMING ARTS / Individual Director, film; direction