Far from Heaven

Download or read book Far from Heaven written by Glyn Davis and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-13 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nominated for four Oscars, Far from Heaven earned rave reviews and won widespread cultural and critical recognition. A knowing and emotionally involving homage to the films of Douglas Sirk, this film is a key text in the canon of American independent cinema.This book offers a detailed and perceptive study of Haynes' film, with each chapter centred on a topic crucial for understanding Far from Heaven's richness and seductive pleasures (authorship, melodrama, queerness). The film is also positioned in relation to the rest of Todd Haynes' work, the New Queer Cinema movement, and the history of US independent cinema.