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While there are numerous books on art and exploitation cinema, very few attempt to examine both. Covering the first 100 years of cinematic transgressions, From the Arthouse to the Grindhouse is a collection of numerous essays representing key contributions to overlooked, forgotten, or under-analyzed parts of film history. From cult favorites like Arch Hall Jr. to revered but under-documented marquee names like Lon Chaney, filmmakers both major and minor are covered here. Starting with a section that pairs exploitation pioneers like Dwain Esper alongside cutting edge auteurs like Erich Von Stroheim, the volume documents the bleeding edge of the high/low cultural divide. Other essays examine the sexual melodramas of Weimer German cinema, explore the concept of Borat as a model for the new standardized cult film, and discuss the films of directors Tod Browning, Pier Pasolini, and Peter Watkins. This volume also contains a section devoted to the idea of "reality" inside and outside the documentary sphere, emphasizing audiences' desire to believe that "this is really happening," whether they're horrified or titillated. Addressing many aspects of "transgression" in cinema, these essays suggest that the distance between the venues and the audiences may not be quite as wide as viewers might imagine.

Film --- Sensationalism in motion pictures. --- Exploitation films. --- Motion pictures --- Sensationalism in motion pictures --- Exploitation films

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Too often dismissed as nothing more than 'trash cinema' exploitation films have become both earnestly appreciated cult objects and home video items that are more accessible than ever. In this wide-ranging new study, David Church explores how the history of drive-in theatres and urban grind houses has descended to the home video formats that keep these lurid movies fondly alive today. Arguing for the importance of cultural memory in contemporary fan practices, Church focuses on both the re-release of archival exploitation films on DVD and the recent cycle of 'retrosploitation' films like Grindhouse, Machete, Viva, The Devil's Rejects, and Black Dynamite. At a time when older ideas of subcultural belonging have become increasingly subject to nostalgia, Grindhouse Nostalgia presents an indispensable study of exploitation cinema's continuing allure, and is a bold contribution to our understanding of fandom, taste politics, film distribution, and home video. Key Features: The first in-depth critical examination of the recent and ongoing "retrosploitation" cycle *Expands a growing body of research on the importance of home video as containers of material history *Unites cultural memory studies and fan studies in productive ways for understanding a broad range of fan investments *Restores questions of affect and non-ironic reception to understandings of exploitation cinema's continuing appeal

Sociology of culture --- Film --- Exploitation films --- Motion pictures --- Sensationalism in motion pictures --- History and criticism.

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Sensationalism in motion pictures. --- Sex in motion pictures. --- Sensationalisme au cinéma --- Sexualité au cinéma

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"BRITISH TRASH CINEMA is the first overview of the wilder shores of British exploitation and cult paracinema from the 1950s onwards. From obscure horror, science fiction and sexploitation, to art-house camp, Hammer's prehistoric fantasies and the worst British films ever made, author I.Q. Hunter draws on rare archival material and new primary research to take us through the weird and wonderful world of British trash cinema. Beginning by outlining the definitions of trash films and their place in British film history, Hunter explores topics including: Hammer's overlooked fantasy films, the emergence of the sexploitation film in the 1950s and 60s, the sex industry in the 1970s, Ken Russell's high camp Gothic and erotic adaptations since the 1980s, gross-out comedies, revenge films, and contemporary straight-to-DVD horror and erotica."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Exploitation films --- Cult films --- Sensationalism in motion pictures. --- Motion pictures --- History and criticism. --- History

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Exploitation films --- Horror films --- Sensationalism in motion pictures --- Sex in motion pictures --- Violence in motion pictures --- Plots, themes, etc