Jim Jarmusch

by Suarez, Juan Antonio

• ISBN13: 9780252032011
• ISBN10: 0252032012
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-09-07
• Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr

Summary

The first major English-language study of JarmuschAt a time when gimmicky, action-driven blockbusters ruled Hollywood, Jim Jarmusch spearheaded a boom in independent cinema by making low-budget films focused on intimacy, character, and new takes on classical narratives. His minimal form, peculiar pacing, wry humor, and blank affect have since been adopted by directors including Sophia Coppola, Hal Harley, Richard Linklater, and Wong Kar-Wai. Juan A. Suaacute;rez'sJim Jarmuschanalyzes the director's work from three mutually implicated perspectives: in relation to independent filmmaking from the 1980s to the present; as a form of cultural production that appropriates existing icons, genres, and motifs; and as an instance of postmodern politics.A volume in the series Contemporary Film Directors, edited by James R. Naremore

Author Biography

Juan A. Suarez is associate professor of American studies and English and dean of graduate studies at the University of Murcia, Spain.

Table of Contents

A stranger here myself	p. 1
Akron/The cinematheque/Lightning over water	p. 6
Downtown post-pop	p. 11
Punk	p. 16
Pretty vacant	p. 20
Stranger than paradise	p. 28
Independent cinema - the 1980s	p. 39
Oblique lines and languor : Down by law	p. 47
Phantom Memphis	p. 58
Transient intimacies : Night on earth	p. 72
Are you trying to tell me the drumming in my records sucks? : Coffee and cigarettes	p. 86
Tracking and literature : the 1990s	p. 95
Dead man	p. 103
Rock sublime : Year of the horse	p. 117
Citing, touching, dwelling : Ghost dog	p. 124
"Strange how people's lives change": Broken flowers	p. 140
Interview with Jim Jarmusch	p. 153
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