Jim Jarmusch : music, words and noise /
Jim Jarmusch: Muisc, Words and Noise is the first book to examine the films of Jim Jarmusch from a sound-oriented perspective. Exploring the director's extensive filmography, including Stranger Than Paradise (1984), Down By Law (1986), Dead Man (1995) and Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), Sara Pia...
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Reaktion Books,
[2015]
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| Summary: | Jim Jarmusch: Muisc, Words and Noise is the first book to examine the films of Jim Jarmusch from a sound-oriented perspective. Exploring the director's extensive filmography, including Stranger Than Paradise (1984), Down By Law (1986), Dead Man (1995) and Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), Sara Piazza identifies the three essential acoustic elements that structure film, music, words and noise. Through this unique reading, she reveals how Jarmusch created a form of 'sound democracy' in film, in which the audible and visual are equally important and different acoustic layers can infiltrate each other. In his cultural melting pot, 'high' and 'low' coexist, Schubert and Japanese noise bands, Christopher Marlowe and Betty Boop, Bartók, and Wu-Tang Clan. |
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| Physical Description: | 416 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781780234410 1780234414 |