{"product_id":"gerry-by-nicholas-rombes-9781501399718","title":"Gerry","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA minute-by-minute analysis of Gus Van Sant film, \u003cem\u003eGerry\u003c\/em\u003e (2002).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlending film criticism with creative nonfiction, each book in the Timecodes series focuses on one film, exploring it minute by minute beginning with minute one, and ending with the final minute before the closing credits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the canon of director Gus Van Sant’s films, \u003cem\u003eGerry\u003c\/em\u003e (2002) stands out as a singular work, a boldly experimental film that nonetheless is accessible, darkly humorous, and profound. \u003cem\u003eGerry: Minute by Minute\u003c\/em\u003e is a non-traditional critical study of this film, a bold, impressionistic series of vignettes that circle around questions which are highly specific to \u003cem\u003eGerry\u003c\/em\u003e itself but which are also universal: what is it about certain works of art—films, books, paintings, music—that attach themselves to us so that we carry them with us on our journey through life? What does it mean to walk with these works inside us, as if they are a part of us?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book’s structure unfolds chronologically along with the film, with one moment from each of the film’s 100 minutes serving as the basis for the chapters. Each of the 100 vignette chapters takes on topics ranging from the particulars of the film itself, including: the inventive use of camera movement and sound; the productive nature of collaboration; the driving themes and philosophies that inform the film; the blistering heat, in Death Valley, of its production; the place of \u003cem\u003eGerry\u003c\/em\u003e in American cinema and its European influences, especially Béla Tarr; the impact of 9-11 on the cultural landscape of 2001-02, when \u003cem\u003eGerry\u003c\/em\u003e was filmed and released; and what it means to “walk” with a film or a book, carrying it in our heads as it informs who we are, often in subtle ways invisible to those around us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596481642732,"sku":"9781501399718","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/ad336548df3f708ca418b9b99e8b4c85.jpg?v=1777928745","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/gerry-by-nicholas-rombes-9781501399718","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}