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Nasty Business : The Marketing and Distribution of the Video Nasties /
Considers the technological, economic, and aesthetic histories of the early British video industry as part of the broader global film industryOffers a revisionist history that examines factors that contributed to the common understanding of the video nasties moment" outside of the established a...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2022]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: It was the Best of Times, it was the Worst of Times . . .
- 2 A Very Nasty Business: Complicating the History of the Video Nasties
- 3 Tracking Home Video: Independence, Economics and Industry
- 4 Historicising the New Threat
- 5 Trailers, Taglines and Tactics: Selling Horror Films on Video and DVD
- 6 Branding and Authenticity
- 7 'Previously Banned': Building a Commercial Category
- 8 The Art of Exploitation
- 9 Conclusion: The Golden Age of Exploitation?
- APPENDIX I Video Nasty Artwork Analysis
- APPENDIX II Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP) 39: Films Prosecuted under the Obscene Publications Act in 1984
- APPENDIX III The DPP 'Dropped' 33: Films Listed in the Department of Public Prosecutions List but not Prosecuted under the Obscene Publications Act
- APPENDIX IV DPP Section 3 Titles: Films which were Liable for Seizure and Forfeiture under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act, 1959, but not Prosecution
- Bibliography
- Index