Far From Heaven by John Gill

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Todd Haynes's 2002 film Far From Heaven has been hailed as a homage to 1950s Hollywood melodrama, although anyone tempted to take the film at face value should be warned that it aims to subvert as much as celebrate that genre.

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Far From Heaven by John Gill

Todd Haynes's 2002 film Far From Heaven has been hailed as a homage to 1950s Hollywood melodrama, although anyone tempted to take the film at face value should be warned that it aims to subvert as much as celebrate that genre.
John Gill has done a fine job in the latest of the BFI's Film Classics series in examining the peculiar charms of this endlessly fascinating picture.. -- The Crack
JOHN GILL is a former senior editor of Time Out London, editor of DOX International Documentary Quarterly and is the author of eight books, including Queer Noises: Male and Female Homosexuality in 20th Century Music (1995). He has written for publications ranging from Smash Hits to The Times.
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ISBN 13 9781844572878
ISBN 10 1844572870
Title Far From Heaven
Author John Gill
Series Bfi Film Classics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2011-05-09
Number of pages 112
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