ReFocus: The Films of Mary Harron

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2021

ReFocus: The Films of Mary Harron

Edited by: Kyle Barrett

In the series ReFocus: The American Directors Series

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474494434

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Offers the first first book-length study of Mary Harron’s career and works

Argues that Harron’s work has a distinguishing approach to stylistic and aesthetic choices prompted by cultural contexts, controversial subject matter and production limitations
Explores her depiction of masculinity, patriarchy, feminism, and biopic genre
Positions Harron’s filmmaking as a diverse, challenging body of work that is contextualized within contemporary industry practices
Mary Harron’s diverse career includes cult films like I Shot Andy Warhol, American Psycho and The Notorious Bettie Page, as well as a range of network and cable television episodes. This is the first book to examine an overlooked filmmaker in relation to feminist cinema. It discusses the dialectical dynamics within her wide-ranging body of work, and it argues that Harron’s work has a distinguishing approach to stylistic and aesthetic choices prompted by cultural contexts, controversial subject matter and production limitations.
Each chapter provides an in-depth study on Harron’s creative approaches to film and television production, with chapters offering close readings of each of her 5 narrative features, and her work in television and promotional film. With scholarly approaches from the fields of cinema, television, gender, fashion, death and celebrity studies, this is a long-awaited introduction to a groundbreaking figure in contemporary cinema.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Notes on Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Introduction Kyle Barrett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I Biopics
1 I Shot Andy Warhol: Fame, Notoriety, and Mary Harron’s Anti-biopics Janice Loreck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2 On the Other Side of the Icon: Making Images and Restaging Celebrity Spectacle in Anna Nicole Kimberly Lamm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
Part II Feature Films and Production Contexts
3 Dream of the ’90s: Mary Harron in Indiewood Kyle Barrett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
4 “I Like to Dissect Girls”: Mary Harron’s American Psycho as Gendered Metafiction Coco d’Hont Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
5 “And Then I Met Lucy”: Perfection, Same-sex Desire, and Social Control in Mary Harron’s The Moth Diaries Brittany Caroline Speller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
6 Charismatic Breadwinner Killer: Gender Power Relations in Charlie Says Gemma Piercy-Cameron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Part III Television and Short Film Production
7 Death to Disposal: Echoes of American Psycho in “The Rainbow of Her Reasons” (Six Feet Under) Gareth Schott Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
8 Sartorial Interventions: When Fashion and Film Collide Elena Caoduro Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	140
Filmography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 192
Illustrations
- Other: 30 B/W illustrations
Keywords: Film, Media & Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: April 21, 2022
ISBN: 9781474494434