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Shock Value

How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror

Shock Value( )
Author: Zinoman, Jason
ISBN:978-0-14-312136-7
Publication Date:May 2012
Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group
Imprint:Penguin Books
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $17.00
Book Description:

Much has been written about the storied New Hollywood of the 1970s, but at the same time that Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorcese were producing their first classic movies, a parallel universe of directors gave birth to the modern horror film. Shock Value tells the unlikely story of how directors like Wes Craven, Roman Polanski, and John Carpenter revolutionized the genre in the 1970s, plumbing their deepest anxieties to bring a gritty realism and political edge to their craft....
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Book Details
Pages:304
Detailed Subjects: Performing Arts / Film / Genres / Horror
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.45 x 8.41 x 0.79 Inches
Book Weight:0.625 Pounds



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