The Cinema of David Cronenberg
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The Cinema of David Cronenberg by Ernest Mathijs
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 softly-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 gun fire 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
Ernest Mathijs is assistant professor in film and theatre studies at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He is the editor of Cinema of the Low Countries and coeditor of Big Brother International: Formats, Critics and Publics and Alternative Europe: Eurotrash and Exploitation Cinema Since 1945 (all Wallflower Press, 2004).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781905674657 |
| ISBN 10 | 1905674651 |
| Title | The Cinema of David Cronenberg |
| Author | Ernest Mathijs |
| Series | Directors' Cuts Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Wallflower Press |
| Year published | 2008-11-05 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
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