| Screening Violence Contributor(s): Prince, Stephen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0813528186 ISBN-13: 9780813528182 Publisher: Rutgers University Press OUR PRICE: $37.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2000 Annotation: Graphic cinematic violence is a magnet for controversy. From passionate defenses to outraged protests, theories abound concerning this defining feature of modern film: Is it art or exploitation, dangerous or liberating? Screening Violence provides an even-handed examination of the history, merits, and effects of cinematic "ultraviolence." Movie reviewers, cinematographers, film scholars, psychologists, and sociologists all contribute essays exploring topics such as: |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Social Science | Violence In Society |
| Dewey: 791.436 |
| LCCN: 99054344 |
| Series: Rutgers Depth of Field |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.06" W x 9.05" (1.05 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Graphic cinematic violence is a magnet for controversy. From passionate defenses to outraged protests, theories abound concerning this defining feature of modern film: Is it art or exploitation, dangerous or liberating? Screening Violence provides an even-handed examination of the history, merits, and effects of cinematic "ultraviolence." Movie reviewers, cinematographers, film scholars, psychologists, and sociologists all contribute essays exploring topics such as: - the origins and innovations of film violence and attempts to regulate it (from Hollywood's Production Code to the evolution of the ratings system) - the explosion of screen violence following the 1967 releases of Bonnie and Clyde and The Dirty Dozen, and the lasting effects of those landmark films - the aesthetics of increasingly graphic screen violence - the implications of our growing desensitization to murder and mayhem, from The Wild Bunch to The Terminator |