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'The definitive guide to the history of snuff.' - Empire 'Well-researched and highly readable, Killing for Culture is a must-have.' - Film Threat Thorough investigation into that controversial and inflammatory of all urban myths: the "snuff" movie. Including: Feature film, Mondo film, Death film, and a comprehensive filmography and index. Illustrated by rare and stunning photographs from cinema, documentary and real life, Killing for Culture is a necessary book which examines and questions the human obsession with images of violence, dismemberment and death, and the way our society is coping with an increased profusion of these disturbing yet compelling images from all quarters.
Buchkauf
Killing for Culture, David Kerekes, David Slater
- Sprache
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1995
- Einband
- (Paperback)
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- Titel
- Killing for Culture
- Untertitel
- Death Film from Mondo to Snuff
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- David Kerekes, David Slater
- Verlag
- Creation Books (London)
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1995
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 288
- ISBN10
- 1871592208
- ISBN13
- 9781871592207
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Historisches Thema, Kunst, Tod, Filmthema, Kultur und Gesellschaft, Basierend auf Film/Serie, Darstellende Kunst
- Beschreibung
- 'The definitive guide to the history of snuff.' - Empire 'Well-researched and highly readable, Killing for Culture is a must-have.' - Film Threat Thorough investigation into that controversial and inflammatory of all urban myths: the "snuff" movie. Including: Feature film, Mondo film, Death film, and a comprehensive filmography and index. Illustrated by rare and stunning photographs from cinema, documentary and real life, Killing for Culture is a necessary book which examines and questions the human obsession with images of violence, dismemberment and death, and the way our society is coping with an increased profusion of these disturbing yet compelling images from all quarters.