Screening Violence

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

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Beskrivning

Following the release in 1967 of "Bonnie and Clyde" and "The Dirty Dozen", violence has been seen as a defining feature of the modern film. Is it art or exploitation? Danger or liberation? This volume provides an exmination of the history and effects of graphic violence on film.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2000-06-01
Mått:154 x 230 x 16 mm
Vikt:418 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:281
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780485300956

Utforska kategorier

Våld och övergrepp inom Samhälle och politik
Film inom Kultur

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: graphic violence in the cinema - origins, aesthetic design, and social effects, Stephen Prince. Part 1 The historical context of ultraviolence: the thin red line, Joseph Morgenstern; movies to kill people by, Bosley Crowther; another smash at violence, Bosley Crowther; Crowther's "Bonnie"-Brook - rap at violence stirs Brouhaha, Ronald Gold; statement by Jack Valenti, MPAA president, before the National Commission on the causes and prevention of violence. Part 2 The aesthetics of ultraviolence: bang bang bang bang - ad nauseam, John Bailey, ASC; death and its details, David Thomson; violence - the strong and the weak, Devin McKinney; the violent dance - a personal memoir of death in the movies, Vivian C. Sobchack; her body, himself - gender in the Slasher film, Carol J. Clover; the aesthetic of slow-motion violence in the films of Sam Pekinpah, Stephen Prince. Part 3 The effects of ultraviolence: some effects of thoughts on anti-and pro-social influences of media events - a cognitive-neo-association analysis, Leonard Berkowitz; mass media effects on violent behaviour, Richard B. Felson.