Lost Objects Of Desire

The Performances of Jeremy Irons

AvMark Nicholls

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

This first book-length critical study of Jeremy Irons concentrates on his key performances and acting style. Through the analysis of some of the major screen roles in Irons’s career, such as Brideshead Revisited, The French Lieutenant’s Woman, Reversal of Fortune, Swann in Love, Dead Ringers and Lolita, Mark Nicholls identifies a new masculine identity that unites them: an emblematic figure of the 1980s and 1990s presented as an alternative to the action hero or the common man. Using clear explanations of complex theoretical ideas, this book investigates Jeremy Irons’s performances through the lens of sexual inversion and social rebellion, to uncover an entirely original but recognizable screen type.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-07-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt:363 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:198
Förlag:Berghahn Books
ISBN:9780857454430

Utforska kategorier

Skådespelare och artister inom Kultur
Film inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Mark Nicholls is Senior Lecturer in Cinema Studies at the University of Melbourne where he has taught since 1993. His research interests include Hollywood cinema, Italian cinema, masculinity, Freudian psychoanalysis and Shakespeare adaptation. He is the author of Scorsese’s Men: Melancholia and the Mob (Pluto and Indiana University Press, 2004) and has published chapters and articles on Martin Scorsese, Luchino Visconti, Shakespeare in film and film and the Cold War.

Recensioner i media

“A fascinating and thought provoking reading of Jeremy Irons ... this book will make an excellent contribution to the way we read actors. The approach is innovative, imaginative, and full of delicate argument.” · Sean Redmond, Victoria University of Wellington

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionChapter 1. Imogen, Narcissism and the Intolerable IdeaChapter 2. Brideshead Revisited: Charles Ryder Drowning in HoneyChapter 3. The French Lieutenant's Woman: Charles Smithson; Beyond the Pale and Mike Beyond the RunChapter 4. Swann in Love: Exceptional FeelingsChapter 5. Dead Ringers: The Flight from Strange and Unloved WomenChapter 6. M. Butterfly: René Gallimard and the Flair for MelodramaChapter 7. Lolita: The Two Basic Laws of TotemismBibliographyFilmographyNotesIndex