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The Cinema of Hal Hartley: Flirting with Formalism
Steven (Ed) Rybin
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Paperback. Editor(s): Rybin, Steven. Series: Directors' Cuts. Num Pages: 224 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; APFA; APFB; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 275 x 2. Weight in Grams: 302.
Over the course of nearly thirty years, Hal Hartley has cultivated a reputation as one of America's most steadfastly independent film directors. From his breakthrough films - The Unbelievable Truth (1989), Trust (1990), and Simple Men (1992) - to his recently completed 'Henry Fool' trilogy, Hartley has honed a rigorous, deadpan, and instantly recognizable film style informed by both European modernism and playful revisions of Classical Hollywood genres. Featuring new essays on this important director and his films, this collection explores Hartley's work from a variety of aesthetic, cultural, and economic contexts, while also looking closely at his collaborations with ... Read more
Over the course of nearly thirty years, Hal Hartley has cultivated a reputation as one of America's most steadfastly independent film directors. From his breakthrough films - The Unbelievable Truth (1989), Trust (1990), and Simple Men (1992) - to his recently completed 'Henry Fool' trilogy, Hartley has honed a rigorous, deadpan, and instantly recognizable film style informed by both European modernism and playful revisions of Classical Hollywood genres. Featuring new essays on this important director and his films, this collection explores Hartley's work from a variety of aesthetic, cultural, and economic contexts, while also looking closely at his collaborations with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Directors' Cuts
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231176170
SKU
V9780231176170
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About Steven (Ed) Rybin
Steven Rybin is assistant professor of film studies in the English department at Minnesota State University, Mankato. He is the author of Michael Mann: Crime Auteur and Terrence Malick and the Thought of Film (2011) and co-editor of Lonely Places, Dangerous Ground: Nicholas Ray in American Cinema (2014).
Reviews for The Cinema of Hal Hartley: Flirting with Formalism
Hal Hartley has been at work for a quarter of a century and his films still seem like fresh discoveries. Independent, individualistic, idiosyncratic, and indefatigable, he defies all known pigeonholes, and this balanced, wide-ranging collection marks a welcome new stage in the exploration of his work.
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