| Refocus: The Films of Doris Wishman Contributor(s): Kozma, Alicia (Editor), Freibert, Finley (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1474482341 ISBN-13: 9781474482349 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $118.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Individual Director - Performing Arts | Film - Direction & Production - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.03 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Producer, distributor, and director Doris Wishman (1912-2002) was a pioneering woman in the film industry, leaving a body of work almost 30 films strong. Largely overlooked by critical and cultural analysis, Wishman worked in the normatively neglected film genre of sexploitation and adult film, but works like Hideout in the Sun (1960), Bad Girls Go To Hell (1965), Double Agent 73 (1974) and Each Time I Kill (2007) demonstrate an interest in complicated, ideological and often troubling social performances of the contemporary human condition. ReFocus: The Films of Doris Wishman positions Wishman as a significant and overlooked force in American independent film, with an impact on how we currently understand the categories of cult, exploitation, horror, experimental and avant-garde cinema. |