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Book SynopsisSince the mid-1980s, US audiences have watched the majority of movies they see on a video platform, be it VHS, Blu-ray, Video On Demand, or streaming media. Annual video revenues have exceeded box office returns for over twenty-five years. This title examines how prerecorded video reframes the premises and promises of motion picture spectatorship.
Trade Review"Insightful and original... [A] genuinely significant study." -- Linnie Blake Times Higher Education "Exquisitely argued and researched work." 10 Best Film-Studies Books of 2013. -- Clayton Dillard Slant Magazine "Intriguing." -- W. W. Dixon CHOICE
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Opening Up to Home Video 1. Distributing the Dead: Video Spectatorship in the Films of George A. Romero 2. Addressing the "New Flesh": Videodrome's Format War 3. Reprotechnophobia: Putting an End to Analog Abjection with The Ring 4. Going, Going, Grindhouse: Simulacral Cinematicity and Postcinematic Spectatorship 5. Paranormal Spectatorship: Faux Footage Horror and the P2P Spectator Conclusion: Power Play Notes Bibliography Filmography, Videography, and Gameography Index
