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Offers the first first book-length study of Mary Harron's career and works
Argues that Harron's work has a distinguishing approach to stylistic and aesthetic choices prompted by cultural contexts, controversial subject matter and production limitations
Explores her depiction of masculinity, patriarchy, feminism, and biopic genre
Positions Harron's filmmaking as a diverse, challenging body of work that is contextualized within contemporary industry practicesMary 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.
Contents
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