1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458833703321

Titolo

Cinema inferno [[electronic resource] ] : celluloid explosions from the cultural margins / / edited by Robert G. Weiner, John Cline

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-71361-2

9786612713613

0-8108-7657-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (421 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WeinerRobert G. <1966->

ClineJohn

Disciplina

791.43/6164

Soggetti

Horror films - History and criticism

Thrillers (Motion pictures) - History and criticism

Violence in motion pictures

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. REALISM(S); CHAPTER 1. The Neorealist Transgressions of Pier Paolo Pasolini; CHAPTER 2. From Chicago to Watts by Way of Paris and Hollywood: Art-Film Influence on Melvin Van Peebles's Early Features; CHAPTER 3. At the Heart of The Heart of the World Guy Maddin in the Twenty-First Century; Part II. ITALIAN HORROR/GIALLI; CHAPTER 4. Menopausal Monsters and Sexual Transgression in Argento's Art Horror; CHAPTER 5. The More You Rape Their Senses, the Happier They Are: A History of Cannibal Holocaust

CHAPTER 6. A Postcard from the Grindhouse: Exotic Landscapes and Italian Holidays in Lucio Fulci's Zombie and Sergio Martino's Torso CHAPTER 7. Body in a Bed, Body Growing Dead: Uncanny Women in Joe D'Amato's Italian Exploitation Cinema; Part III. NEW YORK STATE OF MIND; CHAPTER 8. Bernie's "Deathwish": History and Transgression in New York City; CHAPTER 9. Troma Entertainment: The Boobs, Blood, and Brains of Reel Independence; CHAPTER 10. Exploitation Films and Success: The Half-Told Melodramas of Andy Milligan; Part IV. EXTREME



EUROPEAN CINEMA

CHAPTER 11. B Is for Bile, Blood, and Bones: On Corporeal Bodies in the Films of Peter Greenaway CHAPTER 12. The Films of the Vienna Action Group; CHAPTER 13. Reveries of Blood and Sand: The Cinema of Jean Rollin; CHAPTER 14. A Shadow Poet: Michael Haneke; Part V. CULTURE AT THE MARGINS; CHAPTER 15. Through the Looking Glass Darkly: Considering Theories of Nazi Film and Concepts of Transgression; CHAPTER 16. Christian Scare Films: The Unlikely Pairing of Director Ron Ormond and Preacher Estus Pirkle; CHAPTER 17. Stray Cat Rock: The Politics of Nikkatsu's "Bad Youth" Movies of the Early 1970's

Part VI. CONTEMPORARY FILM CHAPTER 18. Flirting with Subversion: Mainstream Filmmaking, Transgression, and the Case of Joel Schumacher's 8MM; CHAPTER 19. HATED: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies: Scum Rock and the Unlikely Career of Todd Phillips; CHAPTER 20. Cinema of Regression: Grindhouse and the Limits of the Spectatorial Imaginary; Index; About the Editors and Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

This is a provocative collection of essays that provide cutting edge, original research in film studies, discussing a number of 'transgressive' films that have never before had such in-depth analysis and treatment. From '70's Italian horror films and extreme European cinema to Nazi propaganda films and fundamentalist Christian 'scare' movies, these essays explore many different genres and themes.



2.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00392208

Autore

BETTINI, Maurizio

Titolo

Affari di famiglia : la parentela nella letteratura e nella cultura antica / Maurizio Bettini.  - Bologna : Il mulino, 2009

Pubbl/distr/stampa

381 p. ; 22 cm

ISBN

978-88-15-13315-1

Disciplina

306.87

Soggetti

PARENTELA - Aspetti culturali - Roma antica

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia