Classical film violence : designing and regulating brutality in Hollywood cinema, 1930-1968
This text examines the interplay between the aesthetics and the censorship of violence in classic Hollywood films from 1930 to 1968, the era of the Production Code, when filmmakers were required to have their scripts approved before they could start production.
Print Book, English, 2003
Rutgers Univ. Press, New Brunswick, N.J., 2003
History
331 Seiten : Illustrationen
9780813532806, 9780813532813, 0813532809, 0813532817
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Introduction 1. Censorship and Screen Violence before 1930 2. Cruelty, Sadism, and the Horror Film 3. Elaborating Gun Violence 4. Throwing the Extra Punch 5. The Poetics of Screen Violence 6. After the Deluge Appendix A: Primary Sample of Films Appendix B: The Production Code Appendix C: Special Regulations on Crime in Motion Pictures (1938) Notes Bibliography Index