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Underground U.S.A. : filmmaking beyond the Hollywood canon /

Whether defined by the carnivalesque excesses of Troma studios (The Toxic Avenger), the arthouse erotica of Radley Metzger and Doris Wishman, or the narrative experimentations of Abel Ferrara, Melvin Van Peebles, Jack Smith, or Harmony Korine, underground cinema has achieved an important position wi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Mendik, Xavier (Editor ), Schneider, Steven Jay (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, New York : Columbia University Press, 2002.
Colección:AlterImage.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Whether defined by the carnivalesque excesses of Troma studios (The Toxic Avenger), the arthouse erotica of Radley Metzger and Doris Wishman, or the narrative experimentations of Abel Ferrara, Melvin Van Peebles, Jack Smith, or Harmony Korine, underground cinema has achieved an important position within American film culture. Often defined as ""cult"" and ""exploitation"" or ""alternative"" and ""independent, "" the American underground retains separate strategies of production and exhibition from the cinematic mainstream, while its sexual and cinematic representations differ from the trad.
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations, photographs
ISBN:9780231850025
0231850026