{"product_id":"todd-haynes-interviews-9781496807908","title":"Todd Haynes: Interviews","description":"A pioneer of the New Queer Cinema, Todd Haynes (b. 1961) is a leading American independent filmmaker. Whether working with talking dolls in a homemade short (\u003ci\u003eSuperstar: The Karen Carpenter Story\u003c\/i\u003e) or with Oscar-winning performers in an HBO miniseries (\u003ci\u003eMildred Pierce\u003c\/i\u003e), Haynes has garnered numerous awards and nominations and an expanding fan base for his provocative and engaging work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In all his films, Haynes works to portray the struggles of characters in conflict with the norms of society. Many of his movies focus on female characters, drawing inspiration from genres such as the woman's film and the disease movie (\u003ci\u003eFar from Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSafe\u003c\/i\u003e); others explore male characters who transgress sexual and other social conventions (\u003ci\u003ePoison\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVelvet Goldmine\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The writer-director has drawn on figures such as Karen Carpenter, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Bob Dylan in his meditations on American and British music, celebrity, and the meaning of identity. His 2007 movie \u003ci\u003eI'm Not There\u003c\/i\u003e won a number of awards and was notable for Haynes's decision to cast six different actors (one of whom was a woman) to portray Dylan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gathering interviews from 1989 through 2012, this collection presents a range of themes, films, and moments in the burgeoning career of Todd Haynes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia Leyda\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of English at Sophia University. She has published in \u003ci\u003eTelevision and New Media, Bright Lights Film Journal, La Furia Umana, Contemporary Women's Writing, Cinema Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and other journals.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50339093905682,"sku":"9781496807908","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_64b6ec06-03af-4141-b5c7-06579952bff1.jpg?v=1727995766","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/todd-haynes-interviews-9781496807908","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}