The blood poets: a cinema of savagery 1958-1999This thought-provoking and insightful study of 40 years of American violent cinema ties together the multiple disciplines of psychology, criminology, censorship, and anthropology. The study is divided into two volumes: Volume 1: American Chaos, From Touch of Evil to The Terminator, and Volume 2: Millennial Blues, From Apocalypse Now to The Matrix. Horsley raises a new dialogue between scholars and movie buffs as readers struggle to find their own answers to the connection between the need to portray and the need to watch violent films. |
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Contents
Images into Consciousness 1963 and Beyond | 1 |
Auteur and Industry The Individual | 35 |
1971 The Year of the AntiHero | 87 |
Copyright | |
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