Elisabetta Girelli is a lecturer in film studies at the University of St. Andrews, UK. She is the author of Beauty and the Beast: Italianness in British Cinema and of several scholarly articles on issues of identity, space, and history in film.
Elisabetta Girelli has written an elegant, illuminating book on one
of Hollywood's most iconic male stars. Her sharp, thoroughly
researched and theoretically informed analysis of Clift's enigmatic
persona delivers fresh insights into the full range of his films.
Eroticised and pained in early roles and, in later ones, more
conflicted and alienated, Clift's ambiguous screen presence is
persuasively read as a challenge to dominant contemporary norms and
ideals of selfhood.--Peter William Evans "Queen Mary, University of
London"
Expertly researched, carefully considered, and richly, lovingly
written, Montgomery Clift: Queer Star presents an important,
engaging, and rewarding contribution to film studies and queer
studies.--Ken Feil "The Journal of American Culture"
Girelli does a heroically astute job of offering detailed analyses
of Clift's post-accident films. . . She points out that "a new
queerness" awaits discovery in these later films, and indeed her
analysis leads one to seek them out anew. . . Love, in all of its
myriad forms, is in the air throughout this complexly conceived,
thoroughly engaging, and provocative book.--David Greven "Jump
Cut"
The breadth of Girelli's theoretical knowledge and the care with
which she marries queer theory with detailed analyses of Clift's
filmography allow Montgomery Clift: Queer Star to be a productive
addition to queer star studies. It is a testament to both her
analytic intelligence and clear passion for her subject that it
will be difficult for me to watch a Montgomery Clift performance
and not think of the subtleties of erotic ambivalence and gender
disruption that Girelli illuminates throughout her book.--Matthew
Connolly "The Velvet Light Trap"
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