Cinema inferno
Subtitle: celluloid explosions from the cultural margins
By: edited by Robert G. Weiner, John Cline.
Contributors: Weiner, Robert G., 1966-; Cline, John.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780810876569; 9780810876576
Subjects: Horror films -- History and criticism; Thrillers (Motion pictures) -- History and criticism; Violence in motion pictures
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / by Robert G. Weiner and John Cline; title: Realism(s). The neorealist transgressions of Pier Paolo Pasolini / Bill Landis; title: From Chicago to Watts by way of Paris and Hollywood : art-film influence on Melvin Van Peebles' early features / Jonathan Hartmann; title: At the heart of the heart of the world : Guy Maddin in the 21st century / John Bloomfield; title: Italian Horror/Gialli. Menopausal monsters and sexual transgression in Argento's art horror / Donna de Ville; title: "The more you rape their senses, the happier they are" : a history of Cannibal holocaust / Andy DeVos; title: A postcard from the grindhouse : exotic landscapes and Italian holidays in Lucio Fulci's Zombie and Sergio Martino's Torso / Stefano Baschiera and Francesco Di Chiara; title: "Body in a bed, body growing dead" : uncanny women in Joe D'Amato's Italian exploitation cinema / Xavier Mendik; title: New York state of mind. Bernie's "deathwish": history and transgression in New York City / John Cline; title: Troma entertainment: the boobs, blood, and brains of reel independence / Rebekah McKendry; title: Exploitation films and success : the half-told melodramas of Andy Milligan / Kevin John Bozelka; title: Extreme European cinema. B is for bile, blood and bones : on corporeal bodies in the films of Peter Greenaway / Eric Levy; title: The films of the Vienna Action Group / Stephen Barber; title: Reveries of blood and sand : the cinema of Jean Rollin / Gerard Dapena; title: A shadow poet : Michael Haneke / David Sterritt; title: Culture at the margins. Through the looking glass darkly : considering theories of Nazi film and concepts of transgression / Lynne Fallwell; title: Christian scare films : the unlikely pairing of director Ron Ormond and preacher Estus Pirkle / Jim Ridley; title: Stray cat rock : the politics of Nikkatsu's "bad youth" movies of 1970 / David Hopkins; title: Contemporary film. Flirting with subversion : mainstream filmmaking, transgression, and the case of Joel Schumacher's 8MM / Steffen Hantke; title: Hated : GG Allin & the Murder junkies, Scum rock, and the unlikely career of Todd Phillips / Johannes Schonherr; title: Cinema of regression : Grindhouse (2007) and the limits of the spectatorial imaginary / David Lerner..