Screening Violence

Stephen Prince

ISBN 10: 0813528186 / ISBN 13: 9780813528182

Published by Rutgers University Press Jun 2000, 2000

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Neuware - Graphic cinematic violence is a magnet for controversy. From passionate defenses to outraged protests, theories abound concerning this defining feature of modern film: Is it art or exploitation, dangerous or liberating Screening Violence provides an even-handed examination of the history, merits, and effects of cinematic "ultraviolence." Movie reviewers, cinematographers, film scholars, psychologists, and sociologists all contribute essays exploring topics such as: the origins and innovations of film violence and attempts to regulate it (from Hollywood s Production Code to the evolution of the ratings system) the explosion of screen violence following the 1967 releases of Bonnie and Clyde and The Dirty Dozen, and the lasting effects of those landmark films the aesthetics of increasingly graphic screen violence the implications of our growing desensitization to murder and mayhem, from The Wild Bunch to The Terminator.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Screening Violence
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press Jun 2000
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813528186
• ISBN 13: 9780813528182
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 230W x 154H x 20D millimeters 230 millimeters width by 154 millimeters height by 20 millimeters depth
• Weight: 476 grams

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Synopsis

Graphic cinematic violence is a magnet for controversy.  From passionate defenses to outraged protests, theories abound concerning this defining feature of modern film: Is it art or exploitation, dangerous or liberating? 

Screening Violence  provides an even-handed examination of the history, merits, and effects of cinematic “ultraviolence.”  Movie reviewers, cinematographers, film scholars, psychologists, and sociologists all contribute essays exploring topics such as:

· the origins and innovations of film violence and attempts to regulate it

(from Hollywood’s Production Code to the evolution of the ratings system)

· the explosion of screen violence following the 1967 releases of Bonnie and Clyde  and The Dirty Dozen, and the lasting effects of those landmark films

· the aesthetics of increasingly graphic screen violence

· the implications of our growing desensitization to murder and  mayhem, from The Wild Bunch  to The Terminator

About the Author

Stephen Prince is associate professor of communication studies at Virginia Tech. He has written many books on film, including The Warrior's Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa, and Movies and Meaning: An Introduction to Film.