Bad: Infamy, Darkness, Evil, and Slime on Screen Contributor(s): Pomerance, Murray (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0791459403 ISBN-13: 9780791459409 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2003 Annotation: Examines the many forms of cinematic "badness" over the past one hundred years, from Nosferatu to The Talented Mr. Ripley. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Social Science | Popular Culture |
Dewey: 791.436 |
LCCN: 2003042556 |
Series: Suny Series, Cultural Studies in Cinema/Video |
Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5.88" W x 8.9" (1.07 lbs) 375 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Violence and corruption sell big, especially since the birth of action cinema, but even from cinema's earliest days, the public has been delighted to be stunned by screen representations of negativity in all its forms--evil, monstrosity, corruption, ugliness, villainy, and darkness. Bad examines the long line of thieves, rapists, varmints, codgers, dodgers, manipulators, exploiters, conmen, killers, vamps, liars, demons, cold-blooded megalomaniacs, and warmhearted flakes that populate cinematic narrative. From Nosferatu to The Talented Mr. Ripley, the contributors consider a wide range of genres and use a variety of critical approaches to examine evil, villainy, and immorality in twentieth-century film. |