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The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema [Hardcover]



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  • Hardcover: 480 pages
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0748611495
  • ISBN-13: 978-0748611492
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.4 x 3 cm
  • Shipping Weight: 998 g

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Useful and Highly Entertaining Genre Study, July 17 2006
By C. Andrews "amateur" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema (Paperback)
A year after its release, The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema is as useful and as readable as ever. Linda Ruth Williams's wide-ranging genre study may strike first-time readers--especially those interested in the overlapping fields of Hollywood cinema, cult cinema, and pornographic cinema--as an unprecedented resource. Combining textual and contextual analysis, The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema covers the erotic thriller's most important moments, styles, and subgenres, integrating the whole with original industrial research that includes eight filmmaker interviews and a rich array of insider anecdotes. Though her history of the genre is rooted in Hollywood noir and neo-noir, Williams offers a precise account of how this genre has moved from peek-a-boo stylization to full-blown pornography and from high-concept excess to direct-to-video thrift. Williams also offers an account of how the erotic thriller has moved across national borders. As a result, The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema is not only a valuable look at Hollywood cinema but one of the best studies of international porn available. Indeed, Williams's book is adept at illustrating how in the erotic thriller the "problem" of pornography intertwines with issues of gender, reception, technology, financing, and cultural status. I was most taken by the details Williams supplied regarding genre-branded celebrities like Sharon Stone, Michael Douglas, and Joe Eszterhas--and was impressed that she paid equal attention to cult icons like Gregory Dark and Katt Shea. I should also note the grace, clarity, and humor Williams's prose. Williams has written a book that scholars in film studies, sex-and-gender studies, and cultural studies will find indispensable--as well as one that readers with a more leisurely interest in film will find entertaining and accessible.
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