The beloved and award-winning author of BLACK HOLE's haunting and visually arresting story of an artist's obsessions, and the value and cost of pushing the boundaries of creativity As a child, Brian and his friend Jimmy would make sci-fi films in their yards, convincing their friends to star as victims of grisly murders, smearing lipstick on the "bodies" to simulate blood. Now a talented artist and aspiring filmmaker, Brian, along with Jimmy, Jimmy's friend Tina, and Laurie--his reluctant muse--sets off to a remote cabin in the woods with an old 8 millimeter camera to make a true sci-fi horror movie, an homage to Brian's favorite movie: I
nvasion of the Body Snatchers. But as Brian's affections for Laurie go seemingly unreciprocated, Brian writes and draws himself into a fantasy where she is the girl of his dreams, his damsel in distress, and his savior wrapped into one. Rife with references to classic sci-fi and horror movies and filled with panels of stunning depictions of nature, film and the surreal, Burns blurs the line between Brian's dreams and reality, imagination and perception. A master of the form at his finest,
Final Cut is an astonishing look at what it means to truly express oneself through art.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 09/24/2024
ISBN: 9780593701706
Pages: 224
Weight: 1.25lbs
Review Citations: Library Journal 06/01/2024 pg. 104
Publishers Weekly 06/17/2024
Booklist 07/01/2024 pg. 44
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2024
