ReFocus : : The Films of Spike Jonze / / Kim Wilkins, Wyatt Moss-Wellington.

• VerfasserIn: Wilkins, Kim,; Moss-Wellington, Wyatt,
• MitwirkendeR: Falvey, Eddie,; Felando, Cynthia,; Levinson, Julie,; Marks, Peter,; Moss-Wellington, Wyatt,; Shaw, Frances,; Smith, Richard,; Stubbs, Andrew,; Tzioumakis, Yannis,; Westrup, Laurel,; Wilkins, Kim,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: ReFocus: The American Directors Series : RFADS
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.) :; 24 B/W illustrations

Examines how the work of American filmmaker Spike Jonze crosses boundaries between genre entertainment and experimentalismRead the blog post An interview with Wyatt Moss-Wellington, author of ‘Narrative Humanism’ and co-editor of ‘ReFocus: The Films of Spike Jonze’Surveys the breadth of Jonze’s work as a director and screenwriter of features, shorts and music videosConsiders Jonze’s oeuvre in both its industrial and philosophical contexts, with a focus on film production, psychology and identity, posthumanism and gender studiesConnects Jonze to other relevant filmmakers, American political and cultural events and institutionsReFocus: The Films of Spike Jonze is the first collection of essays on this important and original contemporary filmmaker. It looks at his ground-breaking work in both features and short forms, exploring the impact of his filmmaking across a range of philosophical and cultural discussions.Each of Jonze’s feature films, from Being John Malkovich (1999) to Her (2013), is discussed at length, focusing on issues of authorship, narration, genre and adaptation. As well as the textual aspects of Jonze’s feature films, the contributors consider his work in music videos and shorts – investigating his position as a filmmaker on the blurred boundaries between studio and independent modes of production."

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Jonze Between the Lines -- Part 1 Authorship and Originality -- 1 Adaptation in Adaptation in Adaptation in Adaptation -- 2 “I’ll eat you up I love you so”: Adaptation, Authorship, and Intermediality in Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are -- 3 Converging Indiewood: Spike Jonze, Propaganda Films, and the Emergence of Specialty Film Giant USA Films -- Part 2 Psychology, Identity, and Crisis -- 4 “You can be John Malkovich”: Celebrity, Absurdity, and Convention in Being John Malkovich -- 5 “I can’t sleep. I’m losing my hair. I’m fat and repulsive”: Crises of Masculinity and Artistry in Spike Jonze’s Adaptation -- 5½ Spike Jonze’s Screenwriting: The Screenplay -- Part 3 Her -- 7 “Are these feelings even real?” Intimacy and Authenticity in Spike Jonze’s Her -- 8 Machinic Empathy and Mental Health: The Relational Ethics of Machine Empathy and Artificial Intelligence in Her -- 9 The “tedious yammering of selves”: The End of Intimacy in Spike Jonze’s Her -- Part 4 Beyond the Feature -- 10 Spike Jonze Shorts Stories -- 11 Spike Jonze, Propaganda/Satellite Films, and Music Video Work: Talent Management and the Construction of an Indie-Auteur -- 12 Spike Jonze’s Abbreviated Art of the Suburbs -- Index