Alternative Europe : eurotrash and exploitation cinema since 1945 / edited by Ernest Mathijs and Xavier Mendik.
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TextPublication details: London ; New York : Wallflower, 2004.Description: xiii, 269 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 1903364930 (pbk.)
- Eurotrash and exploitation cinema since 1945
- 791.43 MAT
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| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 791.43 MAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100308239 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Whether defined by comic excesses, cult horrors, or surreal vampire experimentations, trash and exploitation cinema represents the alternative face of European film. Although extremely popular with post-war audiences, these historically significant traditions of 'Eurotrash' have often been ridiculed or ignored by an established film criticism eager to define 'legitimate' European cinema as either avant-garde or socially realist. Alternative Europe: Eurotrash and Exploitation Cinema Since 1945 investigates these previously under-explored national traditions of film culture, with essays and festival reports uncovering the social and cultural trends and tensions within a wide range of European exploitation movies. The volume considers such engaging and challenging topics as Russian, Belgian and Italian horror cinema, Gothic musclemen movies, Nazi 'sexploitation' cycles, German erotic cinema and 1970s European 'rogue cop' thrillers. Alternative Europe also includes interviews with trash directors and icons such as Brian Yuzna, J'rg Buttgereit and Giovanni Lombardo Radice.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Making sense of extreme confusion : European exploitation and underground cinema / Ernest Mathijs and Xavier Mendik -- \'The film you are about to see is based on fact\' : Italian Nazi sexploitation cinema / Mikel J. Koven -- Deep inside Queen Kong : anatomy of an extremely bad film / I.Q. Hunter -- The Schoolgirl reports and the guilty pleasure of history / Jennifer Fay -- Violence, timing and the comedy team in Alex de la Iglesia\'s Muertos de risa / Dona M. Kercher -- Alternative Belgian cinema and cultural identity : S. and the Affaire Dutroux / Ernest Mathijs -- Violent justice : Italian crime/cop films of the 1970s / Christopher Barry -- Mise-en-scènes of the impossible : Soviet and Russian horror films / Christina Stojanova -- Masochistic cinesexuality : the many deaths of Giovanni Lombardo Radice / Patricia MacCormack -- Male masochism, male monsters : an interview with Giovanni Lombardo Radice / interview by Patricia MacCormack -- Barred nuns : Italian nunsploitation films / Tamao Nakahara -- Emmanuelle enterprises / Garett Chaffin-Quiray -- Black sex, bad sex : monstrous ethnicity in the Black Emanuelle films / Xavier Mendik -- Jean Rollin : Le sang d\'un poète du cinema / Colin Odell and Michelle Le Blanc -- Burning oil and baby oil : bloody pit of horror / Leon Hunt -- Trans-European excess : an interview with Brian Yuzna / interview by Xavier Mendik -- Jorg Buttgereits\'s Nekromantiks : things to do in Germany with the dead / Linnie Blake -- A very German post-mortem : Jorg Buttgereit and co-writer/assistant director Franz Rodenkirchen speak / interviews by Marcelle Perks -- A report on the Espoo Cinè Festival / Tuomas Riskala -- The Fantastisk Film Festival : an overview and interview with Magnus Paulsson / interview by Xavier Mendik -- The tasks of the European underground : a letter to Luis Buñuel / Benjamin Halligan.
Topics such as Russian, Belgian and Italian horror cinema, Gothic musclemen movies, Nazi \'sexploitation\' cycles, German erotic cinema and European \'rogue cop\' thrillers are considered, and includes interviews with trash directors and icons.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Acknowledgments (p. vi)
- Notes on Contributors (p. viii)
- Foreword: For an Illogical and Nonsensical European Cinema (p. xi)
- Introduction: Making Sense of Extreme Confusion: European Exploitation and Underground Cinema (p. 1)
- 1 'The Film You are About to See is Based on Fact': Italian Nazi Sexploitation Cinema (p. 19)
- 2 Deep Inside Queen Kong: Anatomy of an Extremely Bad Film (p. 32)
- 3 The Schoolgirl Reports and the Guilty Pleasure of History (p. 39)
- 4 Violence, Timing and the Comedy Team in Alex De La Iglesia's Muertos De Risa (p. 53)
- 5 Alternative Belgian Cinema and Cultural Identity: S. and the Affaire Dutroux (p. 64)
- 6 Violent Justice: Italian Crime/Cop Films of the 1970s (p. 77)
- 7 Mise-en-Scenes of the Impossible: Soviet and Russian Horror Films (p. 90)
- 8 Masochistic Cinesexuality: The Many Deaths of Giovanni Lombardo Radice (p. 106)
- 9 Male Masochism, Male Monsters: An Interview with Giovanni Lombardo Radice (p. 117)
- 10 Barred Nuns: Italian Nunsploitation Films (p. 124)
- 11 Emmanuelle Enterprises (p. 134)
- 12 Black Sex, Bad Sex: Monstrous Ethnicity in the Black Emanuelle Films (p. 146)
- 13 Jean Rollin: Le Sang D'un Poete Du Cinema (p. 160)
- 14 Burning Oil and Baby Oil: Bloody Pit of Horror (p. 172)
- 15 Trans-European Excess: An Interview with Brian Yuzna (p. 181)
- 16 Jorg Buttgereits's Nekromantiks: Things to Do in Germany with the Dead (p. 191)
- 17 A very German Post-Mortem: Jorg Buttgereit and Co-Writer/Assistant Director Franz Rodenkirchen Speak (p. 203)
- 18 A Report on the Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film (p. 216)
- 19 A Report on the Espoo Cine Festival (p. 228)
- 20 The Fantastisk Film Festival: An Overview and Interview with Magnus Paulsson (p. 236)
- 21 The Tasks of the European Underground: A Letter to Luis Bunuel (p. 237)
- Notes (p. 248)
- Index (p. 260)