Pam Cook

Baz Luhrmann

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first major book-length study of the work of Australian film-maker Baz Luhrmann, one of the most exciting and controversial personalities working in World Cinema today. Luhrmann's reputation as an innovator rests on the evidence of the three films known as the Red Curtain Trilogy: Strictly Ballroom (1992), William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Moulin Rouge! (2001), which together demonstrate the development of a highly distinctive style and brand.   Pam Cook, who was given unprecedented access to the Luhrmann private archives, explores the genesis of the Red Curtain aesthetic, from Luhrmann's early experience in theatre and opera to his collaborative working methods and unique production set-up. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Luhrmann and his chief collaborator, designer Catherine Martin, she traces the roots of their work in an increasingly globalised Australian film culture, investigating the relationship of their company Bazmark to the Hollywood studio Twentieth Century-Fox, and the influences on their style and production methods. At the book's heart are substantial analyses of the spectacular Red Curtain films and the historical epic Australia (2008). This lively and original study of one of contemporary cinema's most fascinating figures will appeal to film scholars, cultural historians and Luhrmann enthusiasts alike.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• 2010 edition
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 191mm x 137mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781844571574
• ISBN-10: 1844571572
• Artikelnr.: 30360230

Autorenporträt

PAM COOK is Professor Emerita in Film at the University of Southampton, UK. She is the editor of The Cinema Book (3rd Edition, 2007) and Gainsborough Pictures (BFI, 1997), and the author of Fashioning the Nation: Costume and Identity in British Cinema (1996), the BFI Film Classic on 'I Know Where I'm Going!; (2002), Screening the Past: Memory and Nostalgia in Cinema (2005), and Baz Luhrmann in the BFI World Directors series (2010).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.
1 Once Upon a Time in Australia.
2 Strictly Ballroom (1992).
3 William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996).
4 Moulin Rouge! (2001).
5 No. 5 The Film (2004) and Australia (2008).
6 DVD, the Internet.
Notes.
Bibliography.
The Works.
Index.

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Introduction.- 1 Once Upon a Time in Australia.- 2 Strictly Ballroom (1992).- 3 William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996).- 4 Moulin Rouge! (2001).- 5 No. 5 The Film (2004) and Australia (2008).- 6 DVD, the Internet.- Notes.- Bibliography.- The Works.- Index.

Rezensionen

"Cook reveals Luhrmann as salutary model for a nationalist independent's survival in the global art/industry of movies... Recommended." - CHOICE CHOICE Nielsen