Simon Hobbs

Cultivating Extreme Art Cinema

Text, Paratext and Home Video Culture

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Produktbeschreibung

Using paratextual theory to address the accusations of gimmickry often directed towards extreme art films, Cultivating Extreme Art Cinema focuses upon the DVD and Blu-ray object, analysing how sleeve designs, blurbs, and special features shape the identity of the film.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 374g
• ISBN-13: 9781474427388
• ISBN-10: 1474427383
• Artikelnr.: 58295963

Autorenporträt

Simon Hobbs is a Lecturer in Visual Culture at the University of Portsmouth. He has published in the areas of extreme art film, exploitation film and paratextual studies. His work has appeared in Transnational Cinemas and Cine-excess, as well as various edited collections.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Dedication
Introduction
Chapter 1 - A Historical Context of Art and Exploitation Film Marketing:
Crossover, Slippage and Fluidity.
Chapter 2 - Early Extremity on DVD: History, Precursors, and Exploitation
Auteurs.
Chapter 3 - Weekend and Cannibal Holocaust: Art, Ballyhoo, and Remediation.
Chapter 4 - Salò, Or the 120 Days of Sodom and Ilsa the Wicked Warden:
Fascism, Pornography, and Disgust.
Chapter 5 - Contemporary Extremity on DVD: Trends, Hard-core, and
Geographic Mobility.
Chapter 6 - Michael Haneke: Glaciation, Legitimacy, and Transgression.
Chapter 7 - Lars von Trier: Provocation, Condemnation, and Confrontation
Conclusion
Bibliography