The Cinema of Neil Jordan
The most internationally renowned of Irish film directors, Neil Jordan s diverse work has spanned gothic horror The Company of Wolves, 1984, and Interview With the Vampire, 1994 , Irish history Michael Collins, 1996 , literary adaptation The End of the Affair, 1999 and sexual identity The Crying Game, 1992, and Breakfast on Pluto, 2005 , while retaining a distinctive stylistic flair for fantasy and the carnivalesque The Cinema of Neil Jordan discusses his entire output as part of the first comprehensive study of Jordan s career, looking beyond ideological and national concerns to view his films through the prism of Celtic folklore, fairy tales, the gothic, romanticism and postmodernism Incorporating discussion of Jordan s award winning literary work and benefiting from extensive access to Jordan s personal archives, this book explains the mythic and poetic impulses that suffuse the director s work. Read The Cinema of Neil Jordan – kino-fada.fr
- English
- 09 August 2017 Carole Zucker
- Hardcover
- 203 pages
- 1905674422
- Carole Zucker
- The Cinema of Neil Jordan