Un-American Psycho
Brian De Palma and the Political Invisible
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Power Resources, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Public Policy, Entertainment, Performing Arts
| Author: | Chris Dumas | ISBN: | 9781841506944 |
| Publisher: | Intellect Books Ltd | Publication: | July 23, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Intellect | Language: | English |
| Author: | Chris Dumas |
| ISBN: | 9781841506944 |
| Publisher: | Intellect Books Ltd |
| Publication: | July 23, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Intellect |
| Language: | English |
Brian De Palma is perhaps best known as the director behind the gangster classic Scarface. Yet as ingrained as Scarface is in American popular culture, it is but one of a sizable number of controversial films—many of which are consistently misread or ignored—directed by De Palma over his more than four-decade career. In Un-American Psycho, Chris Dumas places De Palma’s body of work in dialogue with the works of other provocative filmmakers, including Alfred Hitchcock, Jean-Luc Godard, and Francis Ford Coppola with the aim of providing a broader understanding of the narrative, stylistic, and political gestures that characterize De Palma’s filmmaking. De Palma’s films engage with a wide range of issues surrounding American political and social culture, and this volume offers a rethinking of the received wisdom on his work.
Brian De Palma is perhaps best known as the director behind the gangster classic Scarface. Yet as ingrained as Scarface is in American popular culture, it is but one of a sizable number of controversial films—many of which are consistently misread or ignored—directed by De Palma over his more than four-decade career. In Un-American Psycho, Chris Dumas places De Palma’s body of work in dialogue with the works of other provocative filmmakers, including Alfred Hitchcock, Jean-Luc Godard, and Francis Ford Coppola with the aim of providing a broader understanding of the narrative, stylistic, and political gestures that characterize De Palma’s filmmaking. De Palma’s films engage with a wide range of issues surrounding American political and social culture, and this volume offers a rethinking of the received wisdom on his work.
