Borrowing its title from Gregg Araki's 2005 film, in which the
camera's contemplation of the male body encourages us to feel that
body, and covering a broad span of subjects and films, "Mysterious
Skin" offers a wider, more representative picture of the depiction
of the male body in contemporary world cinemas than has hitherto
been attempted.
An international array of major experts explore the treatment of
masculinity and the male body in the cinemas of Africa, Australia,
China, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, North America, Spain,
Taiwan and Vietnam, as well as Hollywood. Their common concern is
to reveal how the representation of the male body is used in films
to convey a country's anxieties about its national identity and
history, as well as how it engages with questions of racial, sexual
or gender politics. They discuss key actors, directors and films of
these countries, from Ewan MacGregor in Peter Greenaway's "The
Pillow Book," through the films of Wong Kar Wai, to Paul Hogan as
Mick Dundee in "Crocodile Dundee." In so doing, "Mysterious Skin"
also provides a strong overview of important cinema produced around
the world in the last twenty years.
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