Film violence : history, ideology, genre / James Kendrick.
2009
PN1995.9.V5 .K463 2009
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Title
Film violence : history, ideology, genre / James Kendrick.
ISBN
9781906660260
9780231502207 (electronic book)
9780231502207 (electronic book)
Published
London ; New York : Wallflower, [2009]
Copyright
©2009
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (143 pages) : illustrations.
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PN1995.9.V5 .K463 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.43655
Summary
A concise and accessible introduction to the role violence has played in the cinema from the silent era to the present, this volume illustrates the breadth and depth of screen bloodshed in historical, cultural and industrial contexts. After considering problems of definition, this study offers a systematic history of film violence and examines three of the most popular violent genres (western, horror and action). It concludes with a case study on the centrality of film violence to the directors of the New American Cinema, such as Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, which offers a strong example of how violence, history, ideology and genre are all deeply intertwined.
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Short cuts (London, England)
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