Giallo Cinema and Its Folktale Roots: A Critical Study of 10 Films, 1962-1987 - Couverture souple

Sevastakis, Michael

 
9780786495016: Giallo Cinema and Its Folktale Roots: A Critical Study of 10 Films, 1962-1987
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0786495014 ISBN 13 : 9780786495016
Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2016

Synopsis

The Italian giallo film genre--the equivalent of the American whodunit but incorporating extreme violence and sex--was based on popular British and American fiction of the 30s and 40s, adapted to the explicitly liberal filmmaking of 1970s and 1980s Europe. Seldom released in American theaters, these films were usually distributed as redacted bootlegs, awaiting digital technology to be restored to their original content and pristine visual form.

This book analyzes the censored sex and violence of giallo films, finding in them an inherent beauty and tracing their literary antecedents to the elements of the fairy tale as described by Russian folklorist Vladimir Propp. Each chapter covers a film and its director, from 1962 to 1987. The author argues that despite their formulaic production and designation as "Euro-sleaze," these films are works of individuality and artistic virtue.

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À propos de l?auteur

Michael Sevastakis has served as a full professor in the communication department at the College of Mt. St. Vincent in Riverdale, New York. He lives in Bronx, New York.

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Éditeur
McFarland & Co Inc
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0786495014
ISBN 13 
9780786495016
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
240
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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