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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Da Capo Pr
Publication date
March 21, 1989
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780306803475
ISBN-10
030680347X
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
0.85 lbs.
Original list price
$16.95
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
âThe terror film, with puzzling, disturbing, multivalent images, often leads us into regions that are strange, disorienting, yet somehow familiar; and for all the crude and melodramatic and morally questionable forms in which we so often encounter it, it does speak of something true and important, and offers us encounters with hidden aspects of ourselves and our world.â So writes S. S. Prawer in his concise and penetrating study of the horror filmÂfrom The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Frankenstein, to Invasion of the Body Snatchers and The Omen. After a brief history of the horror genre in film, Prawer offers detailed analyses of specific sequences from various films, such as Murnau's Nosferatu. He discusses continuities between literary and cinematic tales, and shows what happens when one is transformed into the other. Unpatronizing and scholarly, Prawer draws on a wide range of sources in order to better situate a genre that is both enormously popular with contemporary audiences and of increasing critical importance.
Editions
Hardcover
With Jared D. Lee (other contributor), Justin McCory Martin |
from Oxford Univ Pr (March 1, 1981); titled "Caligari's Children: The Film As Tale of Terror"
9780192175847 | details & prices | List price $25.00
This edition also contains Francine Fribble, Proofreading Policewoman
About: âThe terror film, with puzzling, disturbing, multivalent images, often leads us into regions that are strange, disorienting, yet somehow familiar; and for all the crude and melodramatic and morally questionable forms in which we so often encounter it, it does speak of something true and important, and offers us encounters with hidden aspects of ourselves and our world.
This edition also contains Francine Fribble, Proofreading Policewoman
About: âThe terror film, with puzzling, disturbing, multivalent images, often leads us into regions that are strange, disorienting, yet somehow familiar; and for all the crude and melodramatic and morally questionable forms in which we so often encounter it, it does speak of something true and important, and offers us encounters with hidden aspects of ourselves and our world.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Da Capo Pr (March 21, 1989); titled "Caligari's Children: The Film As Tale of Terror"
9780306803475 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $16.95
About: âThe terror film, with puzzling, disturbing, multivalent images, often leads us into regions that are strange, disorienting, yet somehow familiar; and for all the crude and melodramatic and morally questionable forms in which we so often encounter it, it does speak of something true and important, and offers us encounters with hidden aspects of ourselves and our world.
About: âThe terror film, with puzzling, disturbing, multivalent images, often leads us into regions that are strange, disorienting, yet somehow familiar; and for all the crude and melodramatic and morally questionable forms in which we so often encounter it, it does speak of something true and important, and offers us encounters with hidden aspects of ourselves and our world.
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