Film violence : history, ideology, genre / James Kendrick.

By:

Kendrick, James, 1974- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Short cuts (London, England)Publisher: London ; New York : Wallflower, [2009]Copyright date: �2009Description: 1 online resource (143 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780231502207 (e-book)

Subject(s):

Violence in motion pictures

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Film violence : history, ideology, genre.DDC classification:

791.43655 23

LOC classification:

PN1995.9.V5 .K463 2009

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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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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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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