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Violence and American Cinema

Violence and American Cinema

Paperback

Series: AFI Film Readers

CriminologyFilm StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0415928109
ISBN13: 9780415928106
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 5 2000
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.64 Width: 6.07 Depth: 8.95
Language: English
American cinema has always been violent, and never more so than now: exploding heads, buses that blow up if they stop, racial attacks, and general mayhem. From slapstick's comic violence to film noir, from silent cinema to Tarantino, violence has been an integral part of America on screen. This new volume in a successful series analyzes violence, examining its nature, its effects, and its cinematic and social meaning.

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