Ratcatcher Contributor(s): Kuhn, Annette (Author) |
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ISBN: 1838719482 ISBN-13: 9781838719487 Publisher: British Film Institute OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism |
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.4" W x 7.5" (0.40 lbs) 96 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Lynne Ramsay's bleak yet beautifully photographed debut unflinchingly portrays life on a Glasgow housing estate during the 1973 refuse collectors' strike, as seen through the eyes of 12-year-old James Gillespie (William Eadie). After James's friend falls into a canal and drowns, James becomes increasingly withdrawn. As bags of rubbish pile up and rats move in, James finds solace in his friendships with Kenny, an odd boy who loves animals, and Margaret Anne, Scottish media and literary cultures, and its cinematic influences, while acknowledging the distinctiveness of Ramsay's poetic, visionary style. Kuhn draws on interviews with Ramsay and others involved in the film's production, and combines this with a close reading of selected passages to provide an in-depth and illuminating analysis of the film's poetic style and its aesthetics, including an examination of its construction of a child's world through a highly distinctive organisation of cinematic space. |