A01=Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Author_Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
automatic-update
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=APFN
Category=ATFN
COP=United States
cult horror
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
eq_art-fashion-photography
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
giallo
Language_English
mysterious killers
PA=Available
Price_€20 to €50
PS=Active
softlaunch
Product details
- ISBN 9781476675398
- Weight: 354g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 17 Feb 2021
- Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Beloved among cult horror devotees for its signature excesses of sex and violence, Italian giallo cinema is marked by switchblades, mysterious killers, whisky bottles and poetically overinflated titles. A growing field of English-language giallo studies has focused on aspects of production, distribution and reception. This volume explores an overlooked yet prevalent element in some of the best known gialli--an obsession with art and artists in creative production, with a particular focus on painting. The author explores the appearance and significance of art objects across the masterworks of such filmmakers as Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci, Sergio Martino, Umberto Lenzi, Michele Soavi, Mario Bava and his son Lamberto.
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas is an award-winning Australian film critic, author and academic who has written eight books on cult, horror and exploitation cinema with an emphasis on gender politics. She is a research fellow at RMIT University and an adjunct professor at Deakin University, both in Melbourne, Australia.
