The Cinema of Todd Haynes: All that Heaven Allows
- ISBN-10
- 1904764770
- ISBN-13
- 9781904764779
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 181
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Wallflower Press
- Author
- James Morrison
Description
Todd Haynes has emerged from the trenches of independent American film in the 1990s to become one of the twenty-first century's most audacious filmmakers. In a series of smart, informative essays, this book traces his career from its roots in New Queer Cinema to the Oscar-nominated Far from Heaven (2002). Along the way, it covers such landmark films as Poison (1991), Safe (1995), and Velvet Goldmine (1998). Contributors look at these films from a variety of angles, including his debts to the avant-garde and such noted precursors as Rainer Werner Fassbinder; his adventurous uses of melodrama; and his incisive portrayals of contemporary life.
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