Auteur publishing jan 2019 (4 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This study of Roger Corman's House of Usher explores the film's narrative structure and imagery. Evert van Leeuwen shows how the use of specific techniques creates and sustains the atmosphere of gothic decay and situates horror icon Vincent Price's performance in the context of the Romantic misfit and the postwar countercultural antihero.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This Devil's Advocate considers the film's historical context, as the timing of the first appearance of The Devils is of particular importance, its authorship and adaptation (Russell's auteur reputation aside, the screenplay is based on John Whiting's 1961 play of the same name, which was in turn based on Aldous Huxley's 1952 book The Devils of Loudun), and its generic hybridity.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Damned (1963) is the most intriguing of director Joseph Losey's British journeyman films. Nick Riddle concentrates on historical and cultural context, place, genre, and other themes in order to try to make sense of a fascinating, underappreciated film.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Aimed at teachers and students new to the subject, Studying Horror Cinema is a comprehensive survey of the genre from silent cinema to its twenty-first century resurgence.