Cindy Sherman's Office Killer

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Another kind of monster

By Dahlia Schweitzer

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Cindy Sherman's Office Killer offers a detailed examination of Office Killer, the only film created by the groundbreaking artist Cindy Sherman. This book explores how the film fits within Sherman's wider body of work and its significance in late twentieth-century American art. Author Dahlia Schweitzer challenges the art world's neglect of the film, providing a close reading that highlights its themes of identity, feminism, and mass media, revealing deeper insights into Sherman's artistic message.
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Ideal for readers interested in contemporary art, feminist theory, film studies, and Cindy Sherman's work. Also appealing to students and scholars exploring identity and media critique within late twentieth-century art.

Critics around the world have taken Cindy Sherman's photographs and extensively examined what lies underneath. However, little critical ink has been spilled on Sherman's only film, Office Killer. The author offers a trenchant analysis of Office Killer and explores the film on a variety of levels.

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One of the twentieth century's most significant artists, Cindy Sherman has quietly uprooted conventional understandings of portraiture and art, questioning everything from identity to feminism. Critics around the world have taken Sherman's photographs and extensively examined what lies underneath. However, little critical ink has been spilled on Sherman's only film, Office Killer, a piece that plays a significant role both in Sherman's body of work and in American art in the late twentieth century.

Dahlia Schweitzer breaks the silence with her trenchant analysis of Office Killer and explores the film on a variety of levels, combating head-on the art world's reluctance to discuss the movie and arguing instead that it is only through a close reading of the film that we can begin to appreciate the messages underlying all of Sherman's work.

The first book on this neglected piece of an esteemed artist's oeuvre, Cindy Sherman's Office Killer rescues the film from critical oblivion and situates it next to the artist's other iconic works.

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

"An immersion in the world of 'Office Killer'" – Will Brooker, editor of Cinema Journal. "Smart, sassy, and scholarly all at once, this is a wonderful book." – Toby Miller. "Schweitzer succeeds in valorising 'Office Killer' by dissecting it vividly and compellingly, revealing its importance and connections to other films. Reading this book feels like attending a seminar on Cindy Sherman, mass media, and gender identity." – Florina Rodov, actress in Office Killer. "An astute yet accessible guide through the film and its critical contexts." – Deborah Jermyn, University of Roehampton.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781841507071

Publisher: Intellect

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 May 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Intellect Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 11.0mm

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 345g

Pages: 208

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Arts & Culture Dahlia Schweitzer Non-Fiction

About the Author

Dahlia Schweitzer is adjunct professor at the Art Institute in North Hollywood, California, as well as a critic, novelist, and performer.