{"id":594,"date":"2014-10-20T15:30:17","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T14:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insight.lancaster.ac.uk\/dev\/?p=594"},"modified":"2014-11-26T17:01:27","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T17:01:27","slug":"the-cinema-of-michael-winterbottom-borders-intimacy-terror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/insight.lancaster.ac.uk\/?p=594","title":{"rendered":"The Cinema of Michael Winterbottom: Borders, Intimacy, Terror"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/insight.lancaster.ac.uk\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/MWsmall1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-596 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/insight.lancaster.ac.uk\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/MWsmall1-260x395.jpg\" alt=\"MWsmall\" width=\"260\" height=\"395\"><\/a><em>The Cinema of Michael Winterbottom: Borders, Intimacy, Terror <\/em>New York: Columbia University Press,&nbsp;2014<\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em>This comprehensive study of prolific British filmmaker Michael Winterbottom explores the thematic, stylistic, and intellectual consistencies running through his eclectic and controversial body of work. This volume undertakes a&nbsp;close analysis of a&nbsp;TV series directed by Winterbottom and sixteen of his films ranging from television dramas to transnational co-productions featuring Hollywood stars, and from documentaries to costume films. The critique is centered on Winterbottom\u2019s collaborative working practices, political and cultural contexts, and critical reception. Arguing that his work delineates a \u2018cinema of borders\u2019, this study examines Winterbottom\u2019s treatment of sexuality, class, ethnicity, and national and international politics, as well as his quest to adequately narrate inequality, injustice, and violence.<\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cinema of Michael Winterbottom: Borders, Intimacy, Terror New York: Columbia University Press,&nbsp;2014 &nbsp;This comprehensive study of prolific British filmmaker Michael Winterbottom explores the thematic, stylistic, and intellectual consistencies running through his eclectic and controversial body of work. This volume undertakes a&nbsp;close analysis of a&nbsp;TV series directed by Winterbottom and&nbsp;\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":596,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"coauthors":[43],"class_list":["post-594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book","post_format-post-format-image","column","twocol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/insight.lancaster.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/insight.lancaster.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/insight.lancaster.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/insight.lancaster.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/insight.lancaster.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=594"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/insight.lancaster.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":979,"href":"http:\/\/insight.lancaster.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594\/revisions\/979"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/insight.lancaster.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/insight.lancaster.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/insight.lancaster.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/insight.lancaster.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=594"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/insight.lancaster.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}