Michael Roemer: 3 books
Shocked But Connected
Notes on Laughter
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2012
Why do funny movies make us laugh? In this thoughtful essay, by turns stimulating and meditative, distinguished filmmaker and Yale professor Michael Roemer shares his musings on what causes us to chortle, snort, and guffaw when we watch antics onscreen or onstage. Roemer keeps us chuckling as he dissects...
Telling Stories
Postmodernism and the Invalidation of Traditional Narrative
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 1995
Asks important questions about the very nature of stories and examines why we read stories rather than just learning the endings.
by Michael Roemer
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
This volume contains three new screenplays (Bedrock, Old World and New, and Falling Angels) by the writer-director of the prize-winning films Nothing But a Man, The Plot against Harry, Vengeance Is Mine, and Pilgrim, Farewell.