{"product_id":"erotic-screen","title":"Erotic Screen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Erotic Screen\u003c\/em\u003e takes as its starting point that Hollywood movies were steeped in eroticism from the beginning but censorship forced filmmakers to devise hidden sexual subtexts to preserve a film’s subliminal eroticism. In this way, Hollywood films seed our collective psyches with unconscious subtexts. Science fiction films are particularly effective, using horror to induce sexual excitement, as studied in ‘Part I: The nature of desire in a trio of science fiction thrillers.’ Another device was to display unrestricted consumption of alcohol and tobacco and gratuitous spending. Today, this is a cliché of mainstream cinema but some filmmakers expose the dark underbelly. The five films scrutinized in ‘Part II: Portraits of addiction in Hollywood melodrama’ make explicit the connections between greed, addictions, and sexuality. Finally, in ‘Part III: Perverse desire in mainstream cinema,’ the nuanced position toward the psychosexual obsessions on view in the films is investigated by posing the provocative question of whether S\u0026amp;M practice can work as a “cure” for psychic suffering, by raising the alarm over sexuality run amok in a suburban community, and by offering a devastating critique of voyeurism’s “fatal attraction” to viewers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Erotic Screen\u003c\/em\u003e is an investigation of the nature of human sexuality through the medium of film. It stirs up discussion and debate – and helps these movies live on in our minds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karnac Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54242929672536,"sku":"9781912691272","price":38.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781912691272.jpg?v=1780399839","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/erotic-screen","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}