{"product_id":"9781805752196","title":"Crying Game","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBFI Film Classics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eCrying Game\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJane Giles\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the backdrop of the Troubles, Neil Jordan's \u003ci\u003eThe Crying Game \u003c\/i\u003e(1992) focuses on the triangular relationship between an IRA volunteer, Fergus (Stephen Rea), a Black British soldier (Forest Whitaker) and his girlfriend, Dil (Jaye Davidson).  Jane Giles's compelling study of the film explores how it tackled issues of political conflict and terrorism, race, sexuality and gender. She traces its fraught production history, drawing on exclusive interviews with director Jordan and producer Stephen Woolley, and provides a fascinating account of the very different ways the film was promoted in Britain and America.  The film was a huge hit in the United States, where its distributor Miramax's campaign focused on its genre-defying story and surprise plot twist, with the slogan \"Nothing is what it seems to be\". But \u003ci\u003eThe Crying Game\u003c\/i\u003e's box office success and its nomination for six Academy Awards, winning one for Best Adapted Screenplay, was not enough to save production company Palace Pictures from bankruptcy.  Discussing the permutations of sexuality and politics the film unravels, Jane Giles argues that its most obvious surprise is not its crucial feature.\u003cbr\u003eIn her afterword to this new edition, Jane Giles looks back on \u003ci\u003eThe Crying Game \u003c\/i\u003efrom the vantage point of a very different political and cultural landscape, changed irrevocably by the Good Friday Peace Agreement, Brexit, #MeToo, and a radical rethinking of trans identities and representation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJane Giles\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, programmer, film exhibitor and distributor and director. She has programmed for Scala cinema, the ICA the London Film Festival, and worked for independent film distribution companies including Tartan and the BFI, where she was Head of Distribution for BFI Films from 2008-2016.  Her film journalism has been published in \u003ci\u003eSight and Sound\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime Out \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ehe Guardian.  \u003c\/i\u003eShe is the author of several film books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Cinema of Jean Genet\u003c\/i\u003e (BFI, 1991) and \u003ci\u003eScala Cinema 1978-1993\u003c\/i\u003e (2018) which won the 2019  Kraszna-Krausz Moving Image Book Award, and was the basis for the feature-length big screen documentary \u003ci\u003eScala Club Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e, Jane's first film as director, released in 2023.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13 May 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBritish Film Institute\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781805752196\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e104\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63035616264332,"sku":"9781805752196","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_b041ccb4-1404-44b4-8464-a665567751eb.jpg?v=1792189923","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781805752196","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}