CAROL - CONTEXTS AND AUTEUR Flashcards
(16 cards)
what was the name of the 1952 novel catol was based on?
The price of salt - Patricia highsmith
what camera was used ?
super 16mm
when was it in production since? who eventually directed it?
1997 - released in 2015 once todd haynes picked it up
why was there delays to production?
Writer phylis Nagy struggled to pathologise there is no real reason for the characters to be gay, they just are.
what was different about carol in terms of homsexuality and society?
society was the problem, not their lesbianism
what did carol mark the start of?
queer cinema entering the mainstream.
what are the themes?
sexuality, romance, attraction and desire, social expectation, class, rebellion and choice, motherhood, public v private
what was the state of queer cinema in the 90s?
it was radical and transgressive - unconventional distribution
what was queer new wave?
subversive and non transgressive - haynes was a key figure in this
what did haynes do with pop culture figures?
presented them in experimental ways, bob dylan biopic with 6 different actors including cate blanchett and an African American child
what were his films aesthetically ?
aesthetically inconsistent, however they always referenced the familiar with the unfamiliar, observant, surveilance
how did he use recent history?
as a backdrop for stories that werent told at that time.
what use of film form?
post modern and ironic
what did he say about formalism
Formalism > naturalism
what is bricolage?
merging seemingly incomparable film languages together
he often used a popular genre with a…
queer set up
