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Synopsis
Britain's Greatest Exploitation Film Director!
"I deliberately rub people up the wrong way", Pete Walker once remarked, "I want them to come into the cinema and be shocked." And shock them he did. No other British film-maker achieved the level of transgression that Walker regularly delivered to cinema-goers in the 1970s.
Beginning his career by making 'skinflicks', Walker went on to direct a trio of bona fide horror film classics. House of Whipcord, Frightmare and House of Mortal Sin probe beneath the glossy surface of the permissive society to expose a malevolent underworld of madness, obsession and vindictive violence.
Making Mischief is the first major critical study of the controversial director, and it has received the full cooperation of Pete Walker and his screenwriters. Extracts from a five hour interview with Walker appear throughout the book which also contains a wealth of previously unpublished photographs and, for the first time, reveals details of the Sex Pistols movie A Star Is Dead, which Walker was about to direct when the Pistols split.
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About the Author
Steve Chibnall teaches Film and Cultural Studies and co-ordinates the British Cinema and Television Research Group at De Montfort University, Leicester.
Review
A long-overdue and very thoroughly researched study of the unsung hero of British exploitation cinema. High praise indeed -- NEON
An exemplary book. Both a reference book and a critical history and study. And it's both entertaining and informative. -- Samhain
Another quality cinema publication from FAB Press. Author Steve Chibnall offers insights that matter. -- Headpress
Chibnall's achievement is to make the reader desperate to track down and see the movies. The highest possible compliment. -- Empire
Lashings of titillating pics and a succinct critical appraisal of each film. Wicked bed-time reading. -- Total Film
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- PublisherFAB Press
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 0952926016
- ISBN 13 9780952926016
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages100
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Card covers clearly worn and well used. So many minor faults, where do I start? Well, the spine is true, it's kept its shape, but most of the corners are rubbed, the front cover has a good number of indentations, scratches and scuff marks. A mild crease down the front, more visible from the inside surface than outer. The back cover has two major diagonal creases, the first from top edge to half way down the outer edge, second right down the center, from top to lower edge. Top, fore and lower edges of the leaves are a little dirty looking. Internally, most pages appear reasonably clean and bright, but there are a few page corners that have been actively turned, and half the lower corners at the very least, are half turned and a little creased, through heavy browsing and careless storage. Both inner covers are on the scruffy side, the front inner a little more so, as the ink from the opposite black ink illustrated page has rubbed off onto it. All said, it's still a decent reading copy, it is intact, the binding is pretty tight throughout. This seems to be the only copy I can see out there signed by the author, Steve Chibnall. As the title page is predominantly black, the signature was made on the facing page, the copy write page, just below the ISBN number. It's clearly authentic, as I can just about see the pressure impression of the signature left on the page underneath, the inside of the card cover, that is. Seller images provided. For further helpful synopsis and reviews try clicking on 'bookseller image'. Selling books since 1999, all proceeds help fund LOROS Charity Hospice. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 000662
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Paperback. Condition: fine trade paperback. 1st edition. The British Russ Meyer, between 1967 and 1983 Walker directed 16 films, all but one self-financed. Beginning his career by making 'skinflicks', Walker went on to direct a trio of bona fide horror film classics. Seller Inventory # FA17.099
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