ReFocus: The Films of John Waters (ReFocus: The American Directors Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1399543938 ISBN 13: 9781399543934

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2026

Synopsis

A major academic study of John Waters’s films from a variety of perspectives covering his work and its intersections with culture

• Contains a brand new chapter-length interview, in which Waters reflects on his films, influences, impact and life
• Brings together a diverse collection of essays from a variety of academics who are the first to give serious analytical consideration to Waters’ films
• Taken as a whole, the book makes a large contribution to film studies by showing how Waters’s films reveal the cohesive point of view of an overlooked filmmaker

The first collected volume of work on cult film director and icon John Waters, which offers a comprehensive study of his work as an important filmmaker and cultural force. Includes chapters covering important themes in Waters’s work, stylistic tendencies, his relationship to the art world, and interviews reflecting on the impact of Waters’s films on his collaborators and audience. Also features a new retrospective interview with Waters in which he reflects on his career and films.

About this title

About the Authors

Michelle E. Moore is Professor of English at the College of Dupage, where she teaches courses in film studies and literature. She is the author of Chicago and the Making of American Modernism: Cather, Hemingway, Faulkner and Fitzgerald in Conflict (2019) and coeditor of Refocus: The Films of Paul Schrader (2020). She has published articles in Faulkner Studies, Cather Studies, and Literature/Film Quarterly, in addition to contributing chapters to Modernism in Wonderland: Legacies of Lewis Carroll, Rape in Art Cinema, and Hemingway in the Digital Age.

Brian Brems is a Professor of English at the College of DuPage, where he teaches film studies. He is the author of The Films of Walter Hill: Another Time, Another Place (2022) and the co-editor of ReFocus: The Films of Paul Schrader (2020), with other publications appearing in several edited collections on Westerns and horror films. He is also a regular contributor to a variety of online publications, including Vague Visages.

Edition details

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1399543938
• ISBN 13: 9781399543934
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280
• Editor: Michelle E. Moore, Brian Brems