{"product_id":"the-fruit-machine-twenty-years-of-writings-on-queer-cinema-paperback","title":"The Fruit Machine: Twenty Years of Writings on Queer Cinema - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Waugh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than twenty years, film critic, teacher, activist, and fan Thomas Waugh has been writing about queer movies. As a member of the \u003ci\u003eJump Cut\u003c\/i\u003e collective and contributor to the Toronto-based gay newspaper the \u003ci\u003eBody Politic\u003c\/i\u003e, he emerged in the late 1970s as a pioneer in gay film theory and criticism, and over the next two decades solidified his reputation as one of the most important and influential gay film critics. \u003ci\u003eThe Fruit Machine\u003c\/i\u003e-a collection of Waugh's reviews and articles originally published in gay community tabloids, academic journals, and anthologies-charts the emergence and maturation of Waugh's critical sensibilities while lending an important historical perspective to the growth of film theory and criticism as well as queer moviemaking.\u003cbr\u003eIn this wide-ranging anthology Waugh touches on some of the great films of the gay canon, from \u003ci\u003eTaxi zum Klo\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eKiss of the Spider Woman\u003c\/i\u003e. He also discusses obscure guilty pleasures like \u003ci\u003eBorn a Man . . . Let Me Die a Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, unexpectedly rich movies like \u003ci\u003ePorky's\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCaligula\u003c\/i\u003e, filmmakers such as Fassbinder and Eisenstein, and film personalities from Montgomery Clift to Patty Duke. Emerging from the gay liberation movement of the 1970s, Waugh traverses crises from censorship to AIDS, tackling mainstream potboilers along with art movies, documentaries, and avant-garde erotic videos. In these personal perspectives on the evolving cinematic landscape, his words oscillate from anger and passion to wry wit and irony. With fifty-nine rare film stills and personal photographs and an introduction by celebrated gay filmmaker John Greyson, this volume demonstrates that the movie camera has been \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e fruit machine par excellence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Waugh was thinking queerly about the movies for decades before the New Queer Cinema was a market niche, but without his careful thinking and charming interventions, it's hard to imagine the present cultural moment. Back when being gay was anything but fashionable, Waugh taught and fought, proselytized and organized, so that queer films and queer audiences would be taken seriously.--B. Ruby Rich, author of \"Chick Flicks: Theories and Memories of the Feminist Film Movement\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Waugh is Professor of Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University. In addition to his many published articles and reviews, he is the author of \u003ci\u003eHard to Imagine: Gay Male Eroticism in Photography and Film from Their Beginnings to Stonewall\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Greyson is a prizewinning filmmaker whose work includes the features \u003ci\u003eUrinal, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eZero Patience\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLilies\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUncut, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as numerous short videos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9.25 x 6.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 04, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52710332236083,"sku":"9780822324683","price":63.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/QmFFNDZ5QXFyOTd3d2ZtcCs1Z0M2UT09.webp?v=1763488911","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-fruit-machine-twenty-years-of-writings-on-queer-cinema-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}