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The American Dreams : The Reflecting Skin and the Passion of Darkly Noon

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"Philip Ridley is a singular writer, a prolific polymath, probably a genius, and the creator of some of the most peculiar, grotesque and compelling British plays (and films) of the last several years" (Time Out)

Ridley's film debut The Reflecting Skin caused a sensation at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival and went on to win eleven international awards. Set in the Idaho farmlands of the 1950s, the film follows eight-year-old Seth through a mythical summer where reality is heightened to the level of an hallucinogenic, quasi-fantasy. The Passion of Darkly Noon is a modern fable; echoing the surrealist style of Ridley's dazzling and innovative debut film. A young man roaming the American countryside, the victim of a savage attack on his religious cult, is rescued by Callie, for whom he develops a dangerous obsession. "Provocative, shocking and disturbing, a true original...a masterpiece." (What's On)

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  • ISBN-13: 9780413711403
  • ISBN-10: 0413711404
  • Publisher: Methuen Drama
  • Publish Date: August 1997
  • Dimensions: 7.8 x 4.99 x 0.49 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.36 pounds
  • Page Count: 176

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