Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema

Inbunden, Engelska, 2005

AvLinda Ruth Williams,University of Southampton) Williams, Linda Ruth (Senior Lecturer in Film

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A bold and original study, this is the first book to examine in detail a new genre which evolved since the 1980s in tandem with shifts in the culture of sexuality and the rise of video - the erotic thriller. The book traces the erotic thriller’s exploitation of pornography and noir, discusses mainstream stars (such as Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone) alongside genre-branded direct-to-video stars, charts the work of key producers and directors, and reads home-viewing as a distinct form of spectatorial pleasure. It maps the history of ‘suspense in suspenders’ films, analysing hundreds of movies from blockbusters such as Basic Instinct, Fatal Attraction and In the Cut to straight-to-video film titles such as Carnal Crimes, Sins of Desire and Night Eyes. The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema reads genre as laying bare the poetics of the cinematic marketplace. The erotic thriller plays out the sexual fantasies of contemporary America, which are marketed globally. Williams’s witty and illuminating readings not only tell the story of this sensational genre, but contribute to the analysis of mainstream screen sex - and its censorship - at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Features* The first study of an important new film genre.* Of interest to general film-goers and fans of the genre, the book also fills a major gap in the academic market.* Includes interviews with important industry personnel such as Paul Verhoeven, William Friedkin, Brian De Palma, Gregory Dark, Katt Shea and Jag Mundhra.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2005-07-11
Mått156 x 234 x 32 mm
Vikt1 000 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor480
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9780748611492

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Preface; 1. Introduction; PART ONE: BLOCKBUSTER THRILLS: EROTIC NOIR IN THE MAINSTREAM; 2. Femmes Fatales, Fall Guys and Paranoid Women: Sexual and Narrative Blueprints; 3. 'Meisters of Porno-Noir': Key Players in the Cinematic Erotic Thriller; PART TWO: SUSPENSE IN SUSPENDERS: THE DIRECT-TO-VIDEO EROTIC THRILLER; 4. Softcore on the Sofa; 5. The Bad and the Beautiful: Key Players in the Direct-to-Video Erotic Thriller; 6. Uncovered and Undercover: Issues in the Direct-to-Video Thriller; Conclusion: The Erotic Thriller's Hybrid Children; Afterword; Bibliography; Filmography.

She intersperses her wryly provocative analyses of 'suspense in suspenders' or 'cops and copulation' pictures with to-the-point interviews.' - Sight and Sound Book of the Month'Williams has graced us with a witty, discerning, elegant, exhaustive study of a byzantine and meaningful genre that is, as she declares in closing, "not'just for the boys'". Much as the release of Fatal Attraction became a cultural event in 1987, the publication of this remarkable book should become an academic event in the fields of cultural studies, film studies and porn studies.