Classical Film Violence : Designing and Regulating Brutality in Hollywood Cinema, 1930-1968.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (342 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Censorship and Screen Violence before 1930 -- Chapter 2: Cruelty, Sadism, and the Horror Film -- Chapter 3: Elaborating Gun Violence -- Chapter 4: Throwing the Extra Punch -- Chapter 5: The Poetics of Screen Violence -- Chapter 6: After the Deluge -- Appendix A: Primary Sample of Films -- Appendix B: The Production Code -- Appendix C: Special Regulations on Crime in Motion Pictures (1938) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
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Violence in motion pictures. Motion pictures -- United States. Motion pictures -- Censorship -- United States -- History.