Author Description

One of American cinema's truly singular artists, Todd Haynes has been creating nuanced, complex films of varying modes and genres for five decades. Whether deconstructing the women's melodrama in films like Safe and Far from Heaven, transforming the conventions of the biopic in I'm Not There, or giving a transgressive jolt to cinematic convention with such queer landmarks as Poison and Velvet Goldmine, Haynes has proven time and again that the craft of cinema can be elusive, richly emotional, and intellectually ambitious in equal measure. His latest film, May December, pushes his artistry into new realms, transforming ripped-from-the-headlines scandal into a brilliant meditation on human identity. Published upon the occasion of Museum of the Moving Image's 2023 retrospective and exhibit exploring the work of Todd Haynes, this book features a foreword by Julianne Moore; an in-depth career interview with Haynes by the Centre Pompidou's Judith Revault d'Allonnes; an essay by Michael Koresky; a conversation with Kelly Reichardt; and hundreds of images of items donated to the Museum by Haynes from his personal archives--including drawings, paintings, and storyboards, as well as notebook fragments, on-set photographs, and costume and set designs. Todd Rapturous Process is a testament to a filmmaker's astonishing creativity and ceaseless ingenuity.