JOE DANTE • Nil Baskar & Gabe Klinger (ed.) ● 2013 Österreichisches Filmmuseum (Austrian Film Museum) & SYNEMA 288 252 pgs ● Volume 18 FilmmuseumSynemaPublikationen ● Livro disponível na Livraria Linha de Sombra • Cinemateca Portuguesa-Museu do Cinema ◼︎
In the often dreary landscape of Hollywood's blockbuster era, the cinema of Joe Dante has always stood out as a rare beacon of fearless originality. Blending humor with terror and trenchant political satire with sincere tributes to the moviegoing act itself, the "Dante touch" is best described as a free-for-all orgy of movies, memories and mischief. For the first time, this colourful universe--from Hollywood Boulevard to Gremlins to Small Soldiers and beyond--is comprehensively explored in an English language volume featuring a career-encompassing interview, new essays by Michael Almereyda, Jim Hoberman, Christoph Huber, Gabe Klinger, Violeta Kovacsics, Bill Krohn, Dusan Rebolj, John Sayles, and Mark Cotta Vaz, as well as a treasure trove of never-before-seen documents and illustrations ■
