| Abel Ferrara Contributor(s): Brenez, Nicole (Author), Martin, Adrian (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0252074114 ISBN-13: 9780252074110 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $20.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2007 Annotation: In this concise study, Nicole Brenez argues for Abel Ferrara's place in a line of grand inventors who have blurred distinctions between industry and avant-garde film, including Orson Welles, Monte Hellman, and Nicholas Ray. Rather than merely reworking genre film, Brenez understands Ferrara's oeuvre as formulating new archetypes that depict the evil of the modern world. Focusing as much on the human figure as on elements of storytelling, she argues that films such as Bad Lieutenant express this evil through visionary characters struggling against the inadmissible (inadmissible behavior, morality, images, and narratives). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Performing Arts | Individual Director |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2006011276 |
| Series: Contemporary Film Directors (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6.46" W x 8.26" (0.67 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This concise study argues for Abel Ferrara's place in a line of grand inventors who have blurred distinctions between industry and avant-garde film, including Orson Welles, Monte Hellman, and Nicholas Ray. |