Filming Difference
Actors, Directors, Producers, and Writers on Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Film
Published on 1. May 2009
Book
Hardback
390 pages
978-0-292-71923-1 (ISBN)
Description
Addressing representation and identity in a variety of production styles and genres, including experimental film and documentary, independent and mainstream film, and television drama, Filming Difference poses fundamental questions about the ways in which the art and craft of filmmaking force creative people to confront stereotypes and examine their own identities while representing the complexities of their subjects. Selections range from C. A. Griffith's "Del Otro Lado: Border Crossings, Disappearing Souls, and Other Transgressions" and Celine Perrenas Shimizu's "Pain and Pleasure in the Flesh of Machiko Saito's Experimental Movies" to Christopher Bradley's "I Saw You Naked: 'Hard' Acting in 'Gay' Movies," along with Kevin Sandler's interview with Paris Barclay, Yuri Makino's interview with Chris Eyre, and many other perspectives on the implications of film production, writing, producing, and acting. Technical aspects of the craft are considered as well, including how contributors to filmmaking plan and design films and episodic television that feature difference, and how the tools of cinema-such as cinematography and lighting-influence portrayals of gender, race, and sexuality. The struggle between economic pressures and the desire to produce thought-provoking, socially conscious stories forms another core issue raised in Filming Difference. Speaking with critical rigor and creative experience, the contributors to this collection communicate the power of their media.
Reviews / Votes
"A compelling, fascinating, even inspirational reading experience. By exposing the critical voices of media makers, this volume provides vital discursive tools." Bambi Haggins, author of Laughing Mad: The Black Comic Persona in Post-Soul AmericaMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Austin, TX
United States
Target group
Adult education
Illustrations
67 photos, 2 tables
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
737 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-292-71923-1 (9780292719231)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
DANIEL BERNARDI is Director of Film and Media Studies at Arizona State University in Tempe. He is the author of STAR TREK and History: Race-ing Toward Whiteness and editor of several volumes on whiteness and film history.
Content
AcknowledgmentsDifferent Visions, Revolutionary Perceptions: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Work of Contemporary FilmmakersDaniel BernardiPart 1: Exposing Bodies1. Disability Is Us: Remembering, Recovering, and Remaking the Image of DisabilityLaura Kissel2. "I Saw You Naked": "Hard" Acting in "Gay" MoviesChristopher Bradley3. Pain and Pleasure in the Flesh of Machiko Saito's Experimental MoviesCeline Parrenas ShimizuPart 2: Border Visions4. Framing Identities / The Evolving Self: Beyond the Academic DirectorCristina Kotz Cornejo5. Indigenism, (In)Visibility: Notes on Migratory FilmJohn Thornton Caldwell6. Traversing Cinematic Borders: An Interview with Paul EspinosaDaniel BernardiPart 3: Global Identities7. Del Otro Lado: Border Crossings, Disappearing Souls, and Other TransgressionsC. A. Griffith8. Faith in Sexual Difference: The Inquisition of a Creative ProcessDaniel S. Cutrara9. Dead Conversations on Art and Politics: Jose Gudalupe Posada Interviews John Jota LeanosJohn Jota LeanosPart 4: Independent Ambitions10. Neither Color Blind, Nor Near-Sighted: Representation, Race, and the Academic FilmmakerAaron Greer11. Performing to Perform the Other: Developing Roles Different from OneselfSheldon Schiffer12. Cinematic Reservations: An Interview with Chris EyreYuri MakinoPart 5: True Hollywood Stories13. "And Maybe There Is a Way to Give Hollywood the Kick in the Ass That It Needs": An Interview with Karyn KusamaDan Rybicky14. From Selena to Walkout: An Interview with Moctesuma EsparzaKathryn F. Galan15. Negotiating the Politics of (In)Difference in Contemporary Hollywood: An Interview with Kimberly PeirceDenise Mann16. Televising Difference: An Interview with Paris BarclayKevin SandlerSelected Bibliography, Chiara FerrariList of ContributorsIndex