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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458339303321

Autore

Browning Mark <1966->

Titolo

David Cronenberg [[electronic resource] ] : author or film-maker? / / Mark Browning

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, : Intellect Books

Chicago, : Intellect, The University of Chicago Books, 2007

ISBN

1-281-18739-9

9786611187392

1-84150-982-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Disciplina

791.430233092

Soggetti

Motion picture producers and directors - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Introduction - 'A Library of Extreme Metaphors'; Chapter 1 - Videodrome: 'Not a Love Story - A Film about Pornography'; Chapter 2 - Dead Ringers: 'Schizophrenia cannot be Understood without Understanding Despair'; Chapter 3 - Naked Lunch: 'Nothing is True: Everything is Permitted'; Chapter 4 - Crash: 'Not a Film about Pornography - A Love Story'; Chapter 5 - eXistenZ: 'Thou the Player of the Game Art God'; Chapter 6 - 'The Child in Time': Time and Space in Cronenberg's Spider; Conclusion; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

A study on David Cronenberg. Containing the detailed analysis of ""eXistenZ"" (1999) ""Spider"" (2003) and ""A History of Violence"" (2005), This explores how understanding certain written texts, from both underground and mainstream fiction, can help us understand how Cronenberg's films work.