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PublisherGROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
ISBN-100802140270
ISBN-139780802140272
eBay Product ID (ePID)2706300
Product Key Features
Book TitleFar from Heaven, Safe, and Superstar : the Karen Carpenter Story-Three Screenplays
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPsychopathology / Eating Disorders, Sociology / General, Screenplays, Composers & Musicians, Film / Genres / General, Popular Culture, Women's Studies, Lgbt Studies / Gay Studies, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year2003
IllustratorYes
GenrePerforming Arts, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Psychology
AuthorTodd Haynes
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight9.9 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-049077
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal812/.54
SynopsisCollected in this volume are three highly acclaimed screenplays from one of today's most provocative writer-directors. With exquisite subtlety, all three films demonstrate Haynes's concerns as a pioneer of the "new queer cinema" who is winning increasing acceptance by the American mainstream., Todd Haynes is a fiercely intelligent and visionary writer-director. Haynes's award-winning short film Superstar (1987) tells the story of Karen Carpenter's dark struggle with anorexia nervosa. With a cast of Barbie dolls, the underground classic became "the most talked-about, least-seen film of the 1980's" (The Onion A.V.) after the Carpenter estate forced it permanently out of circulation. Haynes's breakthrough feature, Safe (1995), was voted Best Film of the 1990s by the 2000 Village Voice Film Critics Poll. It is the disturbing, elusive story of an affluent suburban housewife whose life is shattered by a mysterious illness. Haynes's latest movie, Far from Heaven, continues his investigation of the conflicted woman, depicting a 1950s housewife who is alienated by her neighbors when her husband's homosexuality leads her to turn to her African-American gardener. The winner of fifty critics' prizes and on over two hundred Top Ten lists (more than any film of 2002), Far from Heaven was nominated for a slew of major awards, including an Academy Award. With exquisite subtlety, all three films demonstrate Haynes's concerns as a pioneer of the "new queer cinema" who is winning increasing acceptance by the American mainstream. Black-and-white photographs are featured throughout.
LC Classification NumberPS3558.A8627A6 2003
