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Cultivating extreme art cinema : text, paratext and home video culture / Simon Hobbs.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2018.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781474427395
  • 1474427391
  • 9781474427401
  • 1474427405
  • 9781474453554
  • 1474453554
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 791.43/61 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.E96
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

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