Cultivating Extreme Art Cinema: Text, Paratext and Home Video Culture

ISBN-13: 9781474427388 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 240 str.

Simon Hobbs

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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