Un-American Psycho: Brian De Palma and the Political Invisible
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Chris Dumas (Author)
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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 sizeable 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.
About the Author
Chris Dumas is an independent scholar and artist based in San Francisco.
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- Contributor: Chris Dumas
- Imprint: Intellect Books
- ISBN13: 9781841505541
- Number of Pages: 240
- Packaged Dimensions: 178x229x14mm
- Packaged Weight: 413
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Intellect Books
- Release Date: 2012-07-15
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Chris Dumas is an independent scholar and artist based in San Francisco.
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