{"product_id":"shocking-cinema-of-the-70s-paperback","title":"Shocking Cinema of the 70s - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulian Petley\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eXavier Mendik\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection focuses on 1970s films from a variety of countries, and from the marginal to the mainstream, which, by tackling various 'difficult' subjects, have proved to be controversial in one way or another. It is not an uncritical celebration of the shocking and the subversive but an attempt to understand why this decade produced films which many found shocking, and what it was that made them shocking to certain audiences. To this end it includes not only films that shocked the conventionally minded, such as hard core pornography, but also those that outraged liberal opinion - for example, \u003ci\u003eDeath Wish\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDirty Harry\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book does not simply cast a critical light on a series of controversial films which have been variously maligned, misinterpreted or just plain ignored, but also assesses how their production values, narrative features and critical receptions can be linked to the wider historical and social forces that were dominant during this decade. Furthermore, it explores how these films resonate in our own historical moment - replete as it is with shocks of all kinds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulian Petley\u003c\/b\u003e is emeritus and honorary professor of journalism at Brunel University London. He is the principal editor of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of British Cinema and Television\u003c\/i\u003e. His books include \u003ci\u003eFilm and Video Censorship in Modern Britain\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003eCensorship: A Beginner's Guide \u003c\/i\u003e(2009) and the co-authored \u003ci\u003eCulture Wars: The Media and the British Left\u003c\/i\u003e (2019). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eXavier Mendik\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Cult Cinema Studies at Birmingham City University, UK, from where he runs the Cine-Excess International Film Festival. He is editor of \u003ci\u003eShocking Cinema of the Seventies\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), co-editor of \u003ci\u003eAlternative Europe\u003c\/i\u003e (2004) and \u003ci\u003eUnderground USA\u003c\/i\u003e (2002).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 338\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 29, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457620132093,"sku":"9781350194489","price":80.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/Vi9WMVJIeGw5cEF4Yzk5a2xtOG4vQT09.webp?v=1777242450","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/shocking-cinema-of-the-70s-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}