Thursday, September 02, 2010
Barrett Fisher

Barrett Fisher
biographical information



Barrett Fisher is Associate Dean of Arts and Humanities at Bethel University (MN), where he also teaches courses in the Film Studies program. His professional interests include film theory and history, Shakespeare on film and in performance, the novel, and 19th-20th century British literature. Among his favorite authors are Joseph Conrad, Charles Dickens, Annie Dillard, T.S. Eliot, and Flannery O'Connor. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University. Barrett Fisher, on the films of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, etc.) (MARS HILL AUDIO Journal, ) MHT-089.2.2
Barrett Fisher, on film noir and its revealing portrayal of human moral confusion (MARS HILL AUDIO Journal, ) MHT-083.1.1
Barrett Fisher, on the relative artistic assets of film and literature (MARS HILL AUDIO Journal, ) MHT-076.2.3
Barrett Fisher, on the remarkable achievement of film producer Ismail Merchant (MARS HILL AUDIO Journal, ) MHT-074.2.1
Barrett Fisher, from the bonus track of the CD edition, on the history of very serious thinking about what makes something funny (MARS HILL AUDIO Journal, ) MHT-069.2.4
Barrett Fisher, on the sources of humor in the two versions of The Ladykillers (MARS HILL AUDIO Journal, ) MHT-069.2.3
 

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