Cruisy, Sleepy, Melancholy: Sexual Disorientation in the Films of Tsai Ming-liang is a non-fiction book by Nicholas de Villiers. Published in 2022 by the University of Minnesota Press, it analyses the queer themes in the films of Tsai Ming-liang.
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| Author | Nicholas de Villiers |
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| Publisher | University of Minnesota Press |
Publication date | September 27, 2022 |
| Pages | 216 |
| ISBN | 9781517913182 |
| OCLC | 1325678329 |
Reception
editCruisy, Sleepy, Melancholy was received positively by reviewers for the way in which it incorporated and built from pre-existing analysis of Tsai's work by Sara Ahmed, Kevin Moon, and José Esteban Muñoz.[1][2] However, reviewers also felt that the book could be, at times, overly broad, with one saying that there were "surprising omissions"[2] and another saying that they wished there the author had expanded more on his analysis of Brechtian alienation and ecocriticism in Tsai's work.[1]
A review in QLQ claimed that, in spending an entire chapter analyzing the relationship between Tsai Ming-liang and actor Lee Kang-sheng, de Villiers had created foundation for the reader to understand his analysis of Tsai's 2015 film Afternoon.[1]
Cruisy, Sleepy, Melancholy was reviewed in Film Quarterly.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Walker, Adin (2024-01-01). "Film as Queer Disorientation". GLQ. 30 (1): 151–152. doi:10.1215/10642684-10920615. ISSN 1064-2684.
- ^ a b c Benson, Tanner (2023-03-01). "Review: Cruisy, Sleepy, Melancholy: Sexual Disorientation in the Films of Tsai Ming-liang , by Nicholas de Villiers". Film Quarterly. 76 (3): 109–110. doi:10.1525/fq.2023.76.3.109. ISSN 0015-1386.
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