Cult Films Taboo and Transgres

Havis, Allan

ISBN 10: 0761839674 / ISBN 13: 9780761839675

Verlag: UPA, 2007

Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 00095428307

Inhaltsangabe:

Cult Films: Taboo and Transgression looks at nine decades of cult films history within American culture. By highlighting three films per decade including a brief summary of the decade's identity and sensibility, the book investigates the quality, ironies, and spirit of cult film evolution. The twenty-seven films selected for this study are analyzed for story content and in their respective transgressions regarding social, aesthetic, and political codes. Characteristic of this book is the notion that many exciting genres make up cult films-including horror, sci-fi, fantasy, film noir, and black comedy. Further, the book reaches out to several foreign film directors over the decades in order to view cult films as an intentional art form. Political and ideological controversies are covered; arresting back-story details that lend perspective on a film fill out the analysis and the historic framework for many film titles. The book, by emphasizing the condensed survey over decades and by choosing outstanding titles, differs from other general studies on cult films.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Allan Havis

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Cult Films Taboo and Transgres
Verlag: UPA
Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Very Good