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The Films of Jess Franco.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media SeriesPublisher: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (372 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780814343173
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Films of Jess FrancoDDC classification:
  • 791.43023309199998
LOC classification:
  • PN1998.3.F7314 .F556 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- An Editorial Note on Film Titles and Dates -- Introduction: The Many Faces of Jess Franco -- Part I: Franco in Context -- 1. Before and After The Awful Dr. Orlof: Constructing a "Respectable" Jess Franco -- 2. Sleaze and Cinephilia: Jess Franco in the Sixties -- 3. "Hallo, hier spricht Jess Franco": How Franco Recoded the Krimi -- Part II: Horror and Eroticism in Franco -- 4. Latent Durability in Jess Franco's Films: His "Horrotica" -- 5. Transgressive or Maladjusted? Nymphomania, Frigidity, and Lesbianism in Franco's Gothic Sexology -- 6. Vampires, Sex, and Transgression: Jess Franco's and Jean Rollin's "Countercinema" -- 7. Elective Affinities: Another Sade of Jess Franco -- Part III: The Cult Reception of Franco -- 8. Scream Queens and Queer Dreams: The Politics of Monotony and Zoning Out in Franco's Direct-to-Video Productions -- 9. Endless Re-view: Jess Franco in Video Watchdog and Eyeball -- 10. (Re)born Again: When Jess Franco Met the Indies -- 11. She Kills in Ecstasy and Drives at Dangerously High Speeds: The Death Cult Stardom of Soledad Miranda -- Conclusion: Finding Franco: A Quixotic Filmography -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Index.
Summary: The first edited volume devoted to the legendary cult director Jess Franco.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- An Editorial Note on Film Titles and Dates -- Introduction: The Many Faces of Jess Franco -- Part I: Franco in Context -- 1. Before and After The Awful Dr. Orlof: Constructing a "Respectable" Jess Franco -- 2. Sleaze and Cinephilia: Jess Franco in the Sixties -- 3. "Hallo, hier spricht Jess Franco": How Franco Recoded the Krimi -- Part II: Horror and Eroticism in Franco -- 4. Latent Durability in Jess Franco's Films: His "Horrotica" -- 5. Transgressive or Maladjusted? Nymphomania, Frigidity, and Lesbianism in Franco's Gothic Sexology -- 6. Vampires, Sex, and Transgression: Jess Franco's and Jean Rollin's "Countercinema" -- 7. Elective Affinities: Another Sade of Jess Franco -- Part III: The Cult Reception of Franco -- 8. Scream Queens and Queer Dreams: The Politics of Monotony and Zoning Out in Franco's Direct-to-Video Productions -- 9. Endless Re-view: Jess Franco in Video Watchdog and Eyeball -- 10. (Re)born Again: When Jess Franco Met the Indies -- 11. She Kills in Ecstasy and Drives at Dangerously High Speeds: The Death Cult Stardom of Soledad Miranda -- Conclusion: Finding Franco: A Quixotic Filmography -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Index.

The first edited volume devoted to the legendary cult director Jess Franco.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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