Vampires: An Uneasy Essay On The Undead In Film

Cultural Writing. Film history and criticism. Jalal Toufic is an amazing writer. He documents the moves of consciousness in a way that leads the reader ever deeper, from impasse to illusion to new impasse--turning the trap of 'what can't be named' into a true paradise--Richard Foreman. Relentlessly uncompromising.Toufic's radical and visionary poetics gird the reader to forge ahead into uncharted territory--Village Voice. Jalal Toufic is one of the best writers in America today...and his first 2 books, DISTRACTED and (VAMPIRES), are some of the best writing of the past 20 years--John Zorn, Film Works IV. Jalal Toufic is a teacher, film theorist, video artist, and author of several books. His films have been shown worldwide.