ABSTRACT
American cinema has always been violent, and never more so than now: exploding heads, buses that blow up if they stop, racial attacks, and general mayhem. From slapstick's comic violence to film noir, from silent cinema to Tarantino, violence has been an integral part of America on screen. This new volume in a successful series analyzes violence, examining its nature, its effects, and its cinematic and social meaning.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |66 pages
Historicizing Hollywood Violence
part |107 pages
Revisiting Violent Genres
chapter |14 pages
“Clean, Dependable Slapstick”
Comic Violence and the Emergence of Classical Hollywood Cinema
part |87 pages
Hollywood Violence and Cultural Politics
chapter |26 pages
Splitting Difference
Global Identity Politics and the Representation of Torture in the Counterhistorical Dramatic Film