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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829897303321

Autore

Turner Peter (Lecturer in film and media studies)

Titolo

The Blair Witch project / / Peter Turner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leighton, Buzzard : , : Auteur, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-80085-023-9

1-80034-216-0

1-80034-696-4

1-906733-88-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (95 pages)

Collana

Devil's advocates

Liverpool scholarship online

Disciplina

791.4372

Soggetti

Horror films - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-95).

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The making of The Blair witch project -- The aesthetics of artificial authenticity -- Who am I? Positioning the spectator and identification -- Fear of the dark : Witches, women, and the woods -- Marketing, reception and legacy.

Sommario/riassunto

Few films have had the influence and impact of The Blair Witch Project (1999). Its arrival was a horror cinema palette cleanser after a decade of serial killers and postmodern intertextuality, a bare bones 'found footage' trend setter. In this Devil's Advocate, Peter Turner tells the story of the film from its conception and production then provides a unique analysis of the techniques used, their appeal to audiences and the themes that helped make the film such an international hit, including the pioneering internet marketing.