The Virgin Suicides: Reverie, Sorrow and Young Love

ISBN-13: 9780367606923 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 110 str.

Justin Wyatt

Opis

In this book, the analysis of the film occurs around three inter-locking arguments: the unusual structuring absence at the center of the film; the intricate manner through which music is used in the drama, communication, and character creation; and the film’s careful and specific referencing of advertising in the 1970s (the decade of the film’s

Spis treści

Introduction

Chapter 1: 1990s Indie Cinema and the Path to The Virgin Suicides

Chapter 2: Next Gen Coppola: Legacy, Loss and the Burden of Biography

Chapter 3: The Enigma of The Virgin Suicides

Chapter 4: Music, Storytelling and Young Love

Chapter 5: The Advertising Aesthetic and Youth Culture of The Virgin Suicides

Chapter 6: Sofia Coppola: The Virgin Suicides, Identity and Difference

O autorze

Justin Wyatt is Associate Director of the Harrington School of Communication and Media at the University of Rhode Island. He teaches in Communication Studies and Film/Media. He is the author of High Concept: Movies and Marketing in Hollywood and co-editor of Contemporary American Independent Film: From the Margins to the Mainstream.