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About the Author
Kevin M. Flanagan holds an M.A. in English/Film Studies from North Carolina State University and is a Ph.D. candidate in Critical and Cultural Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. He is editor of The Modest Proposal, an online journal of book reviews.
Reviews
This is a worthy study of a director who moved too far toward the margins to endure.... Recommended. * CHOICE, May 2010 *
Tom Wallis's essay on Tommy (1975) finds that both Russell and Townshend wish to 'transcend and parody' their respective genres, and treats the film in question with a sensitivity rare in writing on rock music which often oscillates between poles of enthusiastic fandom and Adornite misanthropy....In this book, Russell emerges, variously, as a profoundly aesthetic maker of lush costume drama, a gore maestro, pop artist, dogged amateur and commentator on the vagaries of Thatcherism....To say that a 'definitive' Russel does not emerge from this book of essays is far from a criticism- it is a testament to one of Britain's most visionary, contrary and multi-faceted film-makers. * Journal Of British Cinema and Television *
Book Information
ISBN 9780810869547
Author Kevin M. Flanagan
Format Hardback
Page Count 306
Imprint Scarecrow Press
Publisher Scarecrow Press
Weight(grams) 615g
Dimensions(mm) 244mm * 162mm * 23mm