SLEEPING WITH STRANGERS

From the celebrated film critic and author of The Biographical Dictionary of Film, an original, seductive account of sexuality in th e movies and of how actors and actresses on screen have fed our desire.Film can make us want things we can not have. But, while some times rapturous, the interaction of onscreen beauty and private desire speaks to a crisis in American culture, one that pits delusio ns of male supremacy against feminist awakening and the spirit of gay resistance. Combining criticism, his encyclopedic knowledge of film hi...[Llegir més]