Romero, Craven, Carpenter, and the modern horror film /
نام نخستين پديدآور
Kendall R. Phillips
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
Carbondale :
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Southern Illinois University Press,
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
c2012
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
xi, 215 p. :
ساير جزييات
ill. ;
ابعاد
23 cm
یادداشتهای مربوط به کتابنامه ، واژه نامه و نمایه های داخل اثر
متن يادداشت
Includes bibliographical references and index
متن يادداشت
Includes filmography
یادداشتهای مربوط به مندرجات
متن يادداشت
Introduction: auteur, genre, and the rhetorics of horror -- Unconstrained bodies in the films of George Romero. The body as contrast: Romero's Living dead -- The body as site of struggle: The crazies, Monkey shines, The dark half, Bruiser -- Romero's mythic bodies: Martin and Knightriders -- Gothic dimensions in the films of Wes Craven. Craven's gothic form: nightmares, screams, and monsters -- Gothic technologies: Serpent and the rainbow, Deadly friend, Swamp thing, Red eye, Shocker -- Gothic families: The people under the stairs, The hills have eyes, Last house on the left -- Desolate frontiers in the films of John Carpenter. Sites under siege: Dark star, Assault on Precinct 13, The thing, Village of the damned -- Forbidden thresholds: The fog, Ghosts of Mars, Halloween, Prince of darkness, In the mouth of madness -- Drifters in desolation: Big trouble in Little China, Vampires, They live, Escape from New York, Escape from L.A. -- Conclusion
بدون عنوان
0
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
A Nightmare on Elm Street. Halloween. Night of the Living Dead. These films have been indelibly stamped on moviegoers' psyches and are now considered seminal works of horror. Guiding readers along the twisted paths between audience, auteur, and cultural history, author Kendall R. Phillips reveals the macabre visions of these films' directors in Dark Directions: Romero, Craven, Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film. Phillips begins by analyzing the works of George Romero, focusing on how the body is used cinematically to reflect the duality between society and chaos, concluding that the unconstrained bodies of the Living Dead films act as a critical intervention into social norms. Phillips then explores the shadowy worlds of director Wes Craven. In his study of the films The Serpent and the Rainbow, Deadly Friend, Swamp Thing, Red Eye, and Shocker, Phillips reveals Craven's vision of technology as inherently dangerous in its ability to cross the gossamer thresholds of the gothic. Finally, the volume traverses the desolate frontiers of iconic director John Carpenter. Through an exploration of such works as Halloween, The Fog, and In the Mouth of Madness, Phillips delves into the director's representations of boundaries--and the haunting consequences for those who cross them. The first volume ever to address these three artists together, Dark Directions is a spine-tingling and thought-provoking study of the horror genre. In analyzing the individual works of Romero, Craven, and Carpenter, Phillips illuminates some of the darkest minds in horror cinema
متن يادداشت
A Nightmare on Elm Street. Halloween. Night of the Living Dead. These films have been indelibly stamped on moviegoers' psyches and are now considered seminal works of horror. Guiding readers along the twisted paths between audience, auteur, and cultural history, author Kendall R. Phillips reveals the macabre visions of these films' directors in Dark Directions: Romero, Craven, Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film. Phillips begins by analyzing the works of George Romero, focusing on how the body is used cinematically to reflect the duality between society and chaos, concluding that the unconstrained bodies of the Living Dead films act as a critical intervention into social norms. Phillips then explores the shadowy worlds of director Wes Craven. In his study of the films The Serpent and the Rainbow, Deadly Friend, Swamp Thing, Red Eye, and Shocker, Phillips reveals Craven's vision of technology as inherently dangerous in its ability to cross the gossamer thresholds of the gothic. Finally, the volume traverses the desolate frontiers of iconic director John Carpenter. Through an exploration of such works as Halloween, The Fog, and In the Mouth of Madness, Phillips delves into the director's representations of boundaries--and the haunting consequences for those who cross them. The first volume ever to address these three artists together, Dark Directions is a spine-tingling and thought-provoking study of the horror genre. In analyzing the individual works of Romero, Craven, and Carpenter, Phillips illuminates some of the darkest minds in horror cinema
نام شخص به منزله موضوع
موضوع مستند نشده
Carpenter, John,1948-Criticism and interpretation
موضوع مستند نشده
Craven, Wes-- Criticism and interpretation
موضوع مستند نشده
Romero, George A.-- Criticism and interpretation
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
Horror films-- United States-- History and criticism
رده بندی ديویی
شماره
791
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43/6164
ويراست
23
رده بندی کنگره
شماره رده
PN1995
.
9
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H6
نشانه اثر
P55
2012
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )