| Description |
xiii, 466 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1 Introduction: Carnal Crimes: The Erotic Thriller from Noir -- to the 1990s 1 -- 1. Cheap thrills and expensive exploitation 5 -- 2. Genres and definitions 15 -- 3. Pornography - the forgotten genre 38 -- 4. Sexing the audience 45 -- Interview: Producers Andrew Garroni and Walter Gernert 62 -- PART I Blockbuster Thrills: Erotic Noir in the Mainstream -- Definitions and Precursors 77 -- Brian De Palma: 'Sex is terrifying' 82 -- 2 Femme Fatales, Fall-Guys and Paranoid Women: Sexual and -- Narrative Blueprints 97 -- 1. Neo-Porno femmes fatales 97 -- 2. Hung like a horse and not too smart: the sexualised -- fall-guy 106 -- 3. Gilda's daughters: the erotic thriller's good-bad girls 114 -- 4. Female point of view and the homme fatal 124 -- Interviews: Director William Friedkin 134 -- Director Brian De Palma 142 -- 3 'Meisters of Porno-noir' - Key Players in the Cinematic -- Erotic Thriller 147 -- 1. Written by Joe Eszterhas 149 -- 2. Directed by Paul Verhoeven 163 -- 3. Starring Michael Douglas 177 -- 4. The bitch, the devil and lesbianism for men 194 -- PART II Suspense in Suspenders: The Direct-to-Video Erotic Thriller -- Introduction 249 -- 4 Softcore on the Sofa 253 -- 1. Video viewing 254 -- 2. Women and other audiences 258 -- 3. Softcore: 'Where adult meets mainstream' 266 -- Interview: Director Gregory Dark 277 -- 5 The Bad and the Beautiful: Key Players in the Direct-to-Video -- Erotic Thriller 284 -- 1. B forBad 286 -- 2. The Producers 290 -- 3. Video stars and moving centrefolds 294 -- 4. Genre Auteurs: Gregory Hippolyte and Jag Mundhra 305 -- Interview: Director Jag Mundhra 322 -- 6 Uncovered and Undercover: Issues in the Direct-to-Video -- Erotic Thriller 331 -- 1. Sexual surveillance and female voyeurism 334 -- 2. Women's stories and lousy husbands 342 -- 3. The undercover heroine 353 -- 4. The strip-flick 359 -- 5. Sequels and repetitions 364 -- Interview: Director Katt Shea 370 -- Conclusion: The Erotic Thriller's Hybrid Children 377 -- 1. Sex, Zen and videotape: Hong Kong Category III Films 385 -- 2. Sexual melodrama 390 -- 3. The erotic thriller and the auteur 396 -- Interview: Director and Editor Anne Goursaud 409 -- Afterword on In the Cut: New Century, Old Sex? 417 |
| Notes |
Simultaneously published in the UK by Edinburgh University Press |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-443) and index |
| Subject |
Erotic films -- History and criticism.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures) -- History and criticism.
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Sex in motion pictures.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures) -- History.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures) -- History and criticism.
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Thrillers (Television programs) -- History and criticism.
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| LC no. |
2005299898 |
| ISBN |
0253218365 (paperback) |
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0253347130 (cl) |
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