| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 466 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Carnal crimes : the erotic thriller from noir to the 1990s -- Interview: producers Andrew Garroni and Walter Gernert -- Part I. Blockbuster thrills: erotic noir in the mainstream -- Definitions and precursors -- Femme fatales, fall-guys and paranoid women : sexual and narrative blueprints -- Interviews: director William Friedkin, director Brian De Palma -- 'Meisters of porno-noir' : key players in the cinematic erotic thriller. Written by Joe Eszterhas ; Directed by Paul Verhoeven ; Starring Michael Douglas -- Interview: director Paul Verhoeven -- Part II. Suspense in suspenders : the direct-to-video erotic thriller -- Softcore on the sofa -- Interview: director Gregory Dark -- The bad and the beautiful : key players in the direct-to-video erotic thriller. Genre auteurs: Gregory Hippolyte and Jag Mundhra -- Interview: director Jag Mundhra -- Uncovered and undercover : issues in the direct-to-video erotic thriller -- Interview: director Katt Shea -- The erotic thriller's hybrid children -- Interview: director and editor Anne Goursand -- Afterword: on In the cut: new century, old sex? |
| Summary |
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 |
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"This ... book examines in detail a relatively new genre of film—the erotic thriller. Linda Ruth Williams traces the genre’s exploitation of pornography and noir, discusses mainstream stars (including Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone) as well as genre-branded direct-to-video stars, charts the work of key producers and directors, and considers home videos as a distinct form of viewing pleasure. She maps the history of the genre, analyzing 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. Williams’s ... readings tell the story of this sensational genre and contribute to the analysis of mainstream screen sex—and its censorship—at the beginning of the 21st century. She shows that as the erotic thriller plays out the sexual fantasies of contemporary America, it also provides a vehicle for marketing those fantasies globally"--From publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-433) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Thrillers (Motion pictures) -- History and criticism
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Erotic films -- History and criticism.
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Sex in motion pictures.
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Motion picture producers and directors -- Interviews
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Motion pictures.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.) -- History
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Motion Pictures
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PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / General
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Erotic films
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Motion picture producers and directors
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Motion pictures
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Sex in motion pictures
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Erotischer Film
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Thrillers.
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Erotiek.
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Films.
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interviews.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Film criticism
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History
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Interviews
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Film criticism.
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Interviews.
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Critiques cinématographiques.
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Interviews.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781474473606 |
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1474473601 |
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