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The cinema of David Cronenberg : from baron of blood to cultural hero / Ernest Mathijs.
Van Pelt Library PN1998.3.C76 M38 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mathijs, Ernest.
- Series:
- Directors' cuts
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cronenberg, David, 1943---Criticism and interpretation.
- Cronenberg, David.
- Cronenberg, David, 1943-.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Wallflower, 2008.
- Summary:
- David Cronenberg has moved from the depths of low-budget exploitation horror to become one of North America's most respected movie directors. Since the early 1970s, the soft-spoken 'Baron of Blood' has attracted widespread controversies with a steady stream of shocks - sex-crazed parasites in Shivers (1975), exploding heads in Scanners (1981), revolutionary flesh technology in Videodrome (1983), mutating bugs in The Fly (1986), car crash scars in Crash (1996) and psychopathic bursts of gunfire in A History of Violence (2005). This new study provides an overview of Cronenberg's films in the light of their international reception, placing them firmly in the cultures they influenced. It also highlights often-ignored works, such as the race movie Fast Company (1979), and includes a chapter on the latest film Eastern Promises (2007). Amidst bans and boos, Cronenberg has developed a consistent cult following for his chronicles of humankind's struggle with its ever-changing environment, bugged by technology and changing social roles - becoming a hero of contemporary culture.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Cinema, Reality and What to Make of It 1
- 1 Exploration and Experimentation: Stereo and Crimes of the Future 9
- 2 Revolution and Rage: Shivers and Rabid 28
- 3 Cars and Races: Fast Company and The Italian Machine 53
- 4 Cult Curio: The Brood and Scanners 72
- 5 Politics and Paranoia: Videodrome and The Dead Zone 102
- 6 Science and Progress: The Fly and Dead Ringers 129
- 7 Muses and Machos: Naked Lunch and M. Butterfly 156
- 8 Scars and Wrecks: Crash 180
- 9 Cues and Clues: eXistenZ and Spider 196
- 10 Family Affairs: A History of Violence and Eastern Promises 225.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-305) and index.
- Includes filmography: pages 276-283.
- ISBN:
- 9781905674664
- 190567466X
- 1905674651
- 9781905674657
- OCLC:
- 184821731
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