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Series
Publisher
Wallflower
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A concise and accessible introduction to the role violence has played in the cinema from the silent era to the present, this volume illustrates the breadth and depth of screen bloodshed in historical, cultural and industrial contexts. After considering problems of definition, this study offers a systematic history of film violence and examines three of the most popular violent genres (western, horror and action). It concludes with a case study on...
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Series
Modern filmmakers
Introduction violently original Murder most simple Blood simple Babies bikers and buffoons Raising Arizona The professional kill Miller's crossing Life of the imaginary mind Barton Fink Reinventing the circle of suicide The Hudsucker proxy What's the deal with greed and wood chippers? Fargo Abiding by Chandler The big Lebowski Three convicts and the KKK O brother where art thou? Cutting Cain's law The man who wasn't there Cruel intentions Intolerable cruelty The killing joke The ladykillers The unrelenting country No country for old men Burning paranoia Burn after reading
Introduction violently original Murder most simple Blood simple Babies bikers and buffoons Raising Arizona The professional kill Miller's crossing Life of the imaginary mind Barton Fink Reinventing the circle of suicide The Hudsucker proxy What's the deal with greed and wood chippers? Fargo Abiding by Chandler The big Lebowski Three convicts and the KKK O brother where art thou? Cutting Cain's law The man who wasn't there Cruel intentions Intolerable cruelty The killing joke The ladykillers The unrelenting country No country for old men Burning paranoia Burn after reading
Publisher
Praeger
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Brothers Coen: Unique Characters of Violence spans the career of the two-time Oscar-winning producer/director team, exploring the theme of violence that runs through a genre-spanning body of work, from the neo-noir of Blood Simple to the brutal comedy Burn After Reading. In chapters focusing on major characters, author Ryan Doom looks at the chaotic cinematic universe of the Coens, where violent acts inevitably have devastating, unintended consequences."...
Publisher
Hollywood Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
[1993?]
Language
English
Description
Three cousins raised as brothers are torn apart, forcing them to follow separate paths. One searches for truth in the law. One expresses his passion through art. And, one finds power in prison. Yet through it all, family and honor keep their lives intertwined as each strives for survival and power.
Publisher
Wallflower Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Cinema has long shaped not only how mass violence is perceived but also how it is performed. Today, when media coverage is central to the execution of terror campaigns and news anchormen serve as embedded journalists, a critical understanding of how the moving image is implicated in the imaginations and actions of perpetrators and survivors of violence is all the more urgent. If the cinematic image and mass violence are among the defining features...