ReFocus: The Films of William Friedkin

Author:   Steve Choe (Associate Professor, San Francisco State University)
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
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9781474431378


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   22 September 2021
Format:   Hardback
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ReFocus: The Films of William Friedkin


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Author:   Steve Choe (Associate Professor, San Francisco State University)
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9781474431378


ISBN 10:   1474431372
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   22 September 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. ""Spaces of Melodrama"" 2. ""Policing the Police"" 3. ""Criminal Desires"" 4. ""Justice at the Limits of Popular Cinema"" 5. ""The Power of Cinema Compels You""

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This is a closely reasoned argument for William Friedkin as a filmmaker of transcendent faith and existential authenticity. It provides a sophisticated re-interpretation of his work through the lenses of thinkers as varied as Frederic Jameson, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Soren Kierkegaard, and legal theorist Carl Schmitt, not to mention film scholars like Tom Gunning, Linda Ruth Williams, Michel Chion, and Robin Wood. Skillfully written and exhaustively researched, the book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the American cinema and the American film industry in the last three decades of the twentieth century.--Dr David Cook, UNC Greensboro


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Dr Steve Choe is Associate Professor of Film Studies at San Francisco State University

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