
ReFocus: The Films of Mary Harron
Kyle Barrett(Editor)
Edinburgh University Press
Published on 17. July 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-4744-9442-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
This is a welcome addition to the growing body of work on women working within mainstream and/or indie film and television production, an area of creative practice too often overlooked. The editor has done well to source a range of cogent contributions providing good coverage of Mary Harron's oeuvre, including in television. -- Mary Harrod, University of WarwickMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
30 black and white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
277 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4744-9442-7 (9781474494427)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Kyle Barrett is a Lecturer and filmmaker in Screen and Media Studies at the University of Waikato, New Zealand.
Content
Acknowledgements
Introduction - Kyle Barrett
PART ONE: BIOPICS
1. I Shot Andy Warhol: Fame, Notoriety and Mary Harron's Anti-biopics - Janice Loreck
2. On the Other Side of the Icon: Making Images and Restaging Celebrity Spectacle in Anna Nicole - Kimberley Lamm
PART TWO: FEATURE FILMS AND PRODUCTION CONTEXTS
3. Dream of the '90s: Mary Harron in Indiewood - Kyle Barrett
4. "I Like to Dissect Girls": Mary Harron's American Psycho as Gendered Metafiction - Coco d'Hont
5. "And then I met Lucy": Perfection, Same-Sex Desire, and Social Control in Mary Harron's The Moth Diaries - Caroline Speller
6. Charismatic Breadwinner Killer: Gender Power Relations in Charlie Says (2018) - Gemma Piercy-Cameron
PART THREE: TELEVISION AND SHORT FILM PRODUCTION
7. Death to Disposal: Echoes of American Psycho in The Rainbow of Her Reasons (Six Feet Under) - Gareth Schott
8. Sartorial Interventions: When Fashion and Film Collide in Armani (Mary Harron, 2012) - Elena Caoduro
Index
Introduction - Kyle Barrett
PART ONE: BIOPICS
1. I Shot Andy Warhol: Fame, Notoriety and Mary Harron's Anti-biopics - Janice Loreck
2. On the Other Side of the Icon: Making Images and Restaging Celebrity Spectacle in Anna Nicole - Kimberley Lamm
PART TWO: FEATURE FILMS AND PRODUCTION CONTEXTS
3. Dream of the '90s: Mary Harron in Indiewood - Kyle Barrett
4. "I Like to Dissect Girls": Mary Harron's American Psycho as Gendered Metafiction - Coco d'Hont
5. "And then I met Lucy": Perfection, Same-Sex Desire, and Social Control in Mary Harron's The Moth Diaries - Caroline Speller
6. Charismatic Breadwinner Killer: Gender Power Relations in Charlie Says (2018) - Gemma Piercy-Cameron
PART THREE: TELEVISION AND SHORT FILM PRODUCTION
7. Death to Disposal: Echoes of American Psycho in The Rainbow of Her Reasons (Six Feet Under) - Gareth Schott
8. Sartorial Interventions: When Fashion and Film Collide in Armani (Mary Harron, 2012) - Elena Caoduro
Index