Bøker av Richard Dyer

David Fincher's Seven (1995) follows two detectives, David Mills (Brad Pitt) and William Somerset (Morgan Freeman), as they investigate a series of gruesome murders. One of the most acclaimed films of the 1990s, it explores themes of moral decay, human darkness, and the blurred lines between good and evil. Richard Dyer's study of the film, unpacks how its cinematography, sound, and plot combine to create a harrowing account of a world beset by an all-encompassing, irremediable wickedness. He explores the film in terms of sin, story, structure, seriality, sound, sight and salvation, analyzing how Seven both epitomizes and modifies the serial killer genre, which is such a feature of recent cinema.This new edition includes a new afterword by the author, re-assessing the film's lasting impact and influence over contemporary filmmaking aesthetics.

This study of gay male culture from the early gay liberation movement to today's 'post-queer' environment explores key topics such as fashion, vampires and film noir and even stars like Carry On's Charles Hawtrey

"With a new introductory essay Looking into the light: Whiteness, racism and regimes of representation by Maxime Cervulle."

Brief Encounter (1945), adapted from Noel Coward's play Still Life, is a classic of British cinema - a tale of impossible love between a married woman and a man she meets while waiting for a train. Though it's a film made by men, it is the woman's voice we hear recounting the story of a small-town love affair and her renunciation of it. In his lucid analysis of the film, Richard Dyer explores how its depiction of powerful feelings kept under wraps is a definitive example of a particularly English style of emotional restraint, but also how it spoke to a gay audience for whom this subject - forbidden love between ordinary people - had a special resonance.This reissued edition features original cover artwork by Rania Moudaress and a substantial new foreword that revisits the film and recent readings of it, covering its enduring legacy and adaptation for theatre and television.

The great Italian composer Nino Rota wrote some of the loveliest and most beloved of all film music, including The Godfather trilogy, Zeffirelli's Shakespeares and Fellini's masterpieces 8 1/2 and La Dolce Vita. Richard Dyer's study of Rota's life and work provides a detailed account of Rota's aesthetic and of his unique genius.

Argues that while pastiche can be used to describe works which contain montage or collage, it can also be used to describe works which are a kind of imitation of previous works. This book investigates a range of cultural texts drawn from films, videos, novels, poetry, rap tracks, music and painting.

This revised second edition of Richard Dyer's groundbreaking study of films by and about lesbians and gay men examines familiar titles and and brings to light other remarkable films.

This new edition of Dyer's text on entertainment and the pleasures of popular culture features a revised introduction and five new chapters on topics from serial killer movies to Elizabeth Taylor.

In the second edition of this classic book, Dyer analyses culture from royalty to serial killers, political correctnesss and films.

Dyer's study is based around case studies of three major stars: Marilyn Monroe, Paul Robeson and Judy Garland. He draws on a wide range of sources, including the films in which each star appeared, to illustrate how each star's persona was constructed, and goes on to examine each within the context of particular issues in fan culture and stardom.