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Cultivating extreme art cinema : text, paratext and home video culture

Title
  1. Cultivating extreme art cinema : text, paratext and home video culture / Simon Hobbs.
Published by
  1. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
  2. ©2018
Author
  1. Hobbs, Simon

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Description
  1. vi, 234 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
  1. Using paratextual theory to address the accusations of gimmickry often directed towards extreme art films, the book focuses upon the DVD and Blu-ray object, analysing how sleeve designs, blurbs, and special features shape the identity of the film and prepare the audience for a particular type of cinematic experience. The book discusses the complex interactions that take place on these commercial artefacts, the ways they communicate to both 'highbrow' and 'lowbrow' audiences, and the manner in which they breach tradition taste distinctions. Including case studies of features like Cannibal Holocaust, Funny Games and Antichrist, the book explores the complicated dichotomies between art and exploitation films to present a fluid history of extreme art cinema.--
Subject
  1. Experimental films
  2. Exploitation films
  3. DVD-Video discs
  4. Violence in motion pictures
  5. Sex in motion pictures
Contents
  1. Introduction -- Art and exploitation: crossover, slippage and fluidity -- Early extremity on DVD: history, precursors and exploitation auteurs -- Weekend and Cannibal Holocaust: art, Ballyhoo and remediation -- Salò, Or the 120 Days of Sodom and Ilsa, the Wicked Warden: fascism, pornography and disgust -- Contemporary extremity on DVD: trends, hard-core and geographic mobility -- Michael Haneke: glaciation, legitimacy and transgression -- Lars von Trier: provocation, condemnation and confrontation -- Conclusion.
Call number
  1. MFL 18-2436
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages [204]-226) and index.
Author
  1. Hobbs, Simon, author. Author
Title
  1. Cultivating extreme art cinema : text, paratext and home video culture / Simon Hobbs.
Publisher
  1. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
Copyright date
  1. ©2018
Type of content
  1. text
  2. still image
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages [204]-226) and index.
Other form:
  1. Electronic version: Hobbs, Simon. Cultivating extreme art cinema. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2018 9781474427395 (OCoLC)1047549497
ISBN
  1. 9781474427371 (hardback)
  2. 1474427375 (hardback)
Research call number
  1. MFL 18-2436
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