| Description |
1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-200), filmography (pages 201-206) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover ; Capital and popular cinema; Contents; List of figures ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction: national cinema and unstable genres ; 1 The time of popular cinema ; 2 The exclusion of giallo films from the history of Italian cinema; 3 Mexico: the cinema of Fernando Méndez; 4 The Hindi horror films of the Ramsay brothers; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Filmography; Index. |
| Summary |
Popular cinema has mostly been discussed from a 'cult' perspective that celebrates uncritically its 'transgressive' qualities. Capital and popular cinema responds to the need for a more solid academic approach by situating 'low' film genres in their economic and culturally-specific contexts and by exploring the interconnections between those contexts, the immediate industrial-financial interests sustaining the films, and the films' aesthetics. Through the examination of three different cycles in film production - the Italian giallo of Mario Bava, the Mexican films of Fernando Mňdez, and the Hindi horror cinema of the Ramsay Brothers - this book proposes a comparative approach that accounts for the whole of a national film industry's production ('popular' and 'canonic'), and is applicable to the study of film genres globally. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cult films -- History and criticism.
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Cult films. |
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Cult films -- Economic aspects.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Vitali, Valentina. Capital and popular cinema. 9780719099656 071909965X (OCoLC)948973345 |
| ISBN |
9781526109774 (electronic book) |
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1526109778 (electronic book) |
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9781784997335 (electronic book) |
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1784997331 (electronic book) |
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9780719099656 |
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071909965X |
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