Jim Jarmusch
The indie film icon's fusion of experimental art with street style
Paper – $22
978-0-252-07443-1
eBook – $21.95
978-0-252-09607-5
Publication Date
Paperback: 08/13/2007
Series: Contemporary Film Directors
About the Book
At 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. Suárez's Jim Jarmusch analyzes 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.
About the Author
Juan A. Suárez is an associate professor of American studies and English at the University of Murcia, Spain. His books include Pop Modernism: Noise and the Reinvention of the Everyday.Also by this author
Reviews
"Suárez thoroughly analyzes in chronological order the Jarmusch oeuvre."--Library JournalBlurbs
"This insightful and lively book is wonderfully freighted with information and ideas. The Jarmusch fan will find that the films are covered in appropriate depth and detail, while those interested in the place of current film within broader cultural developments will find much valuable and informative reading."--R. Barton Palmer, author of Hollywood's Dark Cinema: The American Film Noir
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