Heaven Sent

Todd Haynes, Mark Friedberg, and Sandy Powell on the aesthetics of melodrama
by David Schwartz   posted Jul 27, 2012

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Fantastic piece. I live in London so no chance of seeing this exhibition so it's great to have the article to make up for some of that. I've seen Haynes in interview before: he is one of the most articulate and thoughtful filmmakers of any generation: everything he says is considered and intelligent. In decades to come he'll be studied in film schools as one of the most important filmmakers of his generation. I guess he probably already is. Great piece - thanks!
Jackie   posted 14.08.12

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KEYWORDS

independent cinema  |  Museum of the Moving Image  |  Todd Haynes  |  production designer  |  Far From Heaven  |  Mark Friedberg  |  Sandy Powell  |  costume designer  |  melodrama  |  Douglas Sirk  |  domesticity  |  cinematographer  |  realism

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David Schwartz is the Chief Curator at the Museum of the Moving Image. He is also a Visiting Assistant Professor in Cinema Studies at Purchase College.

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