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Author: Eugenio Ercolani ,
Marcus Stiglegger
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Imprint: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 9781800348080
ISBN 10: 1800348088
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 21 October 2020
Audience:
General/trade
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Reviews'Eugenio Ercolani's and Marcus Stiglegger's book on William Friedkin's Cruising is an important addition to the annals of scholarship and fandom devoted to this long neglected and underrated masterpiece of American cinema in the 1980s. Meticulously researched, it documents the gay culture that surrounds the film and its former controversial status, as well as the biographies and backgrounds of the key, creative people involved. Most importantly, it offers a new, open-minded interpretation of this wilfully fragmented and complex film.' Adrian Martin, film critic 'This is the book we've all been waiting for! Everything we ever wanted to know about the inception and reception of Cruising, William Friedkin's controversial plunge into the raunchy gay underbelly of pre-AIDS New York City, is all documented right here in this great book. Consummate cineastes Eugenio Ercolani and Marcus Stiglegger leave no stone unturned in this page-turner! It's a must!' Sam Irvin, film & TV director 'This academic treatise on William Friedkin's divisive 1980 murder mystery offers much to intrigue... [the authors] persuasively unpack its weirdly lingering pull.' Kevin Harley, Total Film
'This is the book we've all been waiting for! Everything we ever wanted to know about the inception and reception of Cruising, William Friedkin's controversial plunge into the raunchy gay underbelly of pre-AIDS New York City, is all documented right here in this great book. Consummate cineastes Eugenio Ercolani and Marcus Stiglegger leave no stone unturned in this page-turner! It's a must!' Sam Irvin, film & TV director Reviews'Eugenio Ercolani's and Marcus Stiglegger's book on William Friedkin's Cruising is an important addition to the annals of scholarship and fandom devoted to this long neglected and underrated masterpiece of American cinema in the 1980s. Meticulously researched, it documents the gay culture that surrounds the film and its former controversial status, as well as the biographies and backgrounds of the key, creative people involved. Most importantly, it offers a new, open-minded interpretation of this wilfully fragmented and complex film.' Adrian Martin, film critic
Author Information
Eugenio Ercolani is a prolific documentarian and film historian. He has most recently published 'Darkening the Italian Screen' with McFarland Press. Marcus Stiglegger is a professor of film studies based in Berlin, and has published numerous books on film aesthetics, film history and media theory.
