{"product_id":"johnny-depp-starts-here-9780813535661","title":"Johnny Depp Starts Here","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an exploration of the fascination with Johnny Depp, his riddling complexity and his meaning in today's accelerating culture. Screen performances, image, ethnicity, smoking, tranquillity, 19th century American capitalism, the perils of sleep, space travel, the myth of the West and Impressionist painting are all covered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohnny Depp Starts Here offers an important contribution to the field of star studies, not only for its unique treatment of Depp's elusiveness, but also for its author's captivating validation of the experience of watching and of discovering connections that provide him with pleasure. Pomerance's passion is highly contagious. -- Michael DeAngelis * DePaul University *\u003cbr\u003ePomerance is the inimitable lyric poet of cinema scholars, bringing the imagination of a creative artist and the rigor of an exacting intellect to these masterly riffs on Depp's complexities and conundrums. The protean actor could not have found a commentator more in tune with his mercurial career and elusive, mesmerizing self. -- David Sterritt * author of Mad to Be Saved: The Beats, the '50s, and Film *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: A Trick of Light\u003cbr\u003e Depp Positions\u003cbr\u003e Interlude\u003cbr\u003e Johnny Depp Starts Here\u003cbr\u003e Depp Theory\u003cbr\u003e The Image Views Himself Disappear\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited and Consulted\u003cbr\u003e Filmography\u003cbr\u003e Credits\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038413521239,"sku":"9780813535661","price":33.43,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813535661.jpg?v=1750940261","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/johnny-depp-starts-here-9780813535661","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}