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1 online resource (xxi, 244 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
At the interface/probing the boundaries,
1570-7113 ;
v. 41
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At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 41.
1570-7113
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
The popular media of film and television surround us daily with images of evil - images that have often gone critically unexamined. In the belief that people in ever-increasing numbers are turning to the media for their understanding of evil, this lively and provocative collection of essays addresses the changing representation of evil in a broad spectrum of films and television programmes. Written in refreshingly accessible and de-jargonised prose, the essays bring to bear a variety of philosophical and critical perspectives on works ranging from the cinema of famed director Alfred Hitchcock and the preternatural horror films Halloween and Friday the 13th to the understated documentary Human Remains and the television coverage of the immediate post-9/11 period. The Changing Face of Evil in Film and Television is for anyone interested in the moving-image representation of that pervasive yet highly misunderstood thing we call evil. ContentsMartin F. NORDEN: Introduction Matthew SOAR: The Bite at the Beginning: Encoding Evil Through Film Title Design Linda BRADLEY SALAMON: Screening Evil in History: Rope, Compulsion, Scarface, Richard III Mike FRANK: The Radical Monism of Alfred Hitchcock Cynthia FREELAND: Natural Evil in the Horror Film: Alfred Hitchcock?s The Birds Matt HILLS and Steven Jay SCHNEIDER:?The Devil Made Me Do It!?: Representing Evil and Disarticulating Mind/Body in the Supernatural Serial Killer Film Thomas HIBBS: Virtue, Vice, and the Harry Potter UniverseRobin R. MEANS COLEMAN and Jasmine Nicole COBB: Training Day and The Shield: Evil Cops and the Taint of Blackness Martin F. NORDEN: The?Uncanny? Relationship of Disability and Evil in Film and Television Carlo CELLI: Comedy and the Holocaust in Roberto Benigni?s Life is Beautiful/La vita e bella Garnet C. BUTCHART:. On the Void: The Fascinating Object of Evil in Human RemainsJohn F. STONE:. The Perfidious President and?The Beast?: Evil in Oliver Stone?s NixonGary R. EDGERTON, William B. HART, and Frances HASSENCAHL: Televising 9/11 and Its Aftermath: The Framing of George W. Bush?s Faith-Based Politics of Good and Evil Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index. |
| Contents |
The Changing Face of Evil in Film and Television; Contents; Introduction; The Bite at the Beginning: Encoding Evil Through Film Title Design; Screening Evil in History: Rope, Compulsion, Scarface, Richard III; The Radical Monism of Alfred Hitchcock; Natural Evil in the Horror Film: Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds; "The Devil Made Me Do It!": Representing Evil and Disarticulating Mind/Body in the Supernatural Serial Killer Film; Virtue, Vice, and the Harry Potter Universe; Training Day and The Shield: Evil Cops and the Taint of Blackness. |
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The "Uncanny" Relationship of Disability and Evil in Film and TelevisionComedy and the Holocaust in Roberto Benigni's Life Is Beautiful/La vita รจ bella; On the Void: The Fascinating Object of Evil in Human Remains; The Perfidious President and "The Beast": Evil in Oliver Stone's Nixon; Televising 9/11 and Its Aftermath: The Framing of George W. Bush's Faith-Based Politics of Good and Evil; Bibliography; Notes on Contributors; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Good and evil in motion pictures.
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Good and evil in motion pictures. |
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Motion pictures and television.
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Motion pictures and television. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Norden, Martin F., 1951-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Changing face of evil in film and television. Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2007 9789042023246 |
| ISBN |
9781435611092 (electronic book) |
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1435611098 (electronic book) |
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9042023244 |
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9789042023246 |
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9789401205276 |
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9401205272 |
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9042023244 |
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9789042023246 |
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