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Stephen Prince explains the rise of explicit violence in the American cinema, its social effects, and the relation of contemporary ultraviolence to the radical, humanistic filmmaking that Peckinpah practiced.

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"...an extraordinary work ...beautifully written ...Prince has recuperated Peckinpah's reputation as one of the most important artists of the postwar American cinema-perhaps the crucial link between late classical and postmodern Hollywood." David A. Cook, Director, Film Studies Program,Emory University, and author of History of Narrative Film

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Peckinpah and the 1960s
  • 2. Aestheticizing Violence
  • 3. Melancholy and Mortality
  • 4. Interrogating Violence
  • 5. A Disputed Legacy
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/10/1998
      ISBN13: 9780292765825, 978-0292765825
      ISBN10: 0292765827

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Stephen Prince explains the rise of explicit violence in the American cinema, its social effects, and the relation of contemporary ultraviolence to the radical, humanistic filmmaking that Peckinpah practiced.

      Trade Review
      "...an extraordinary work ...beautifully written ...Prince has recuperated Peckinpah's reputation as one of the most important artists of the postwar American cinema-perhaps the crucial link between late classical and postmodern Hollywood." David A. Cook, Director, Film Studies Program,Emory University, and author of History of Narrative Film

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction
      • 1. Peckinpah and the 1960s
      • 2. Aestheticizing Violence
      • 3. Melancholy and Mortality
      • 4. Interrogating Violence
      • 5. A Disputed Legacy
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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