Description: David Fincher's Zodiac, the first book-length study of the critically acclaimed 2007 release, offers various critical approaches to the film ranging from early influences, studies in genre and narrative, and media analysis including cinema history, game theory, musicology, and...
Brief description: Christopher Weedman is Assistant Professor of English at Middle Tennessee State University, USA, where his research focuses on mid-twentieth century British and American cinema. His scholarship has appeared in Film International, Jewish Film and New Media, Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, Quarterly Review of Film and Video, Senses of Cinema, and multiple edited scholarly collections. He is co-editor of the collection Liminal Noir in Classical World Cinema (forthcoming 2023, with Elyce Rae Helford).
Review Quotes:
"This is an important study in regards to David Fincher, Zodiac, and the true crime story upon which it is based. The collection exposes and examines the topics, and our fascination with them, in surprising ways." --Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, author of 1000 Women in Horror and The Giallo Canvas
"Though arguably the most interesting serial-killer film since Hitchcock's Psycho, David Fincher's Zodiac has not yet received as much high-level critical analysis as it deserves. This exciting new anthology goes a long way toward remedying the deficiency. Written from a variety of perspectives and with a wide range of concerns, this volume is especially strong in helping us to understand the film in its various cultural and historical contexts and with regard to its complex narrative strategies." --Carl Freedman, Willam A. Read Professor of English Literature at Louisiana State University and author of Versions of Crime Cinema and American Presidents and Oliver Stone