Richard Dyer’s research interests are in issues of entertainment and representation and the relations between them as well as more specifically in music and film and Italian cinema (especially in its popular forms). He is currently working on the film music of Nino Rota and is also preparing books on the song in film (including chapters on Lena Horne and on blaxsploitation) and on the serial killer in European cinema.
Selected Publications
Stars , London: British Film Institute, 1979; reprinted 1980, 1985, 1991; new edition 1998 (with new section by Paul MacDonald)
Heavenly Bodies: Film Stars and Society, London: Macmillan, 1987; reprinted London: Routledge, 2003.
Now You See It: Historical Studies in Lesbian and Gay Film , London/New York: Routledge, 1990; revised and expanded edition 2003.
Only Entertainment, London: Routledge, 1992; revised and expanded edition 2002.
The Matter of Images: Essays on Representations , London: Routledge, 1993; revised and expanded edition forthcoming 2002.
Brief Encounter, London: British Film Institute, 1993.
White , London: Routledge, 1997.
Se7en, London: British Film Institute, 1999.
The Culture of Queers , London: Routledge, 2002.
Pastiche, London: Routledge, 2006.
Other Work
Featured in films The Celluloid Closet and various television and radio series.
Reviews, interviews and short pieces for Sight and Sound, Attitude and other journals and for BBC Radio 3, Radio 4 and World Service.
Film programming for National Film Theatre in London and regional film theatres.
Commentary for DVD of Se7en.