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The first book on the renowned and notorious cult filmmaker Roberta Findlay Argues Findlay's centrality to modern exploitation, hardcore pornography, and horror cinemas Offers careful attention to numerous films that have received no previous scholarly attention Contributes to the history of women filmmakers by highlighting a female pioneer generally omitted from accounts of that history ReFocus: The Films of Roberta Findlay covers a variety of angles, using queer, feminist, historical, and close textual reading methods to grapple with the complicated and contradictory politics and meanings of this pioneering culture-worker. Chapters examine Findlay's marketing strategies, the gender politics of her exploitation and hardcore films, 1980s horror productions, and several case studies of key individual films, in addition to a new interview with Findlay reflecting on her life and career.

Refocus: the Films of Roberta Findlay

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The first book on the renowned and notorious cult filmmaker Roberta Findlay Argues Findlay's centrality to modern exploitation, hardcore pornography,... Read more

    Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
    Publication Date: 10/01/2023
    ISBN13: 9781474497466, 978-1474497466
    ISBN10: 1474497462

    Number of Pages: 240

    Non Fiction , Art & Photography

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    The first book on the renowned and notorious cult filmmaker Roberta Findlay Argues Findlay's centrality to modern exploitation, hardcore pornography, and horror cinemas Offers careful attention to numerous films that have received no previous scholarly attention Contributes to the history of women filmmakers by highlighting a female pioneer generally omitted from accounts of that history ReFocus: The Films of Roberta Findlay covers a variety of angles, using queer, feminist, historical, and close textual reading methods to grapple with the complicated and contradictory politics and meanings of this pioneering culture-worker. Chapters examine Findlay's marketing strategies, the gender politics of her exploitation and hardcore films, 1980s horror productions, and several case studies of key individual films, in addition to a new interview with Findlay reflecting on her life and career.

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