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Loading... Profoundly Disturbing: Shocking Movies That Changed History!by Joe Bob Briggs
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This is a film nerd book for film nerds, and I always forget how much I hate film nerds until I spend too much time with them. Totally aside from the almost aggressive lack of perspective - Shaft is a great movie because Shaft isn't really black! Unforgiven can't possibly be as good a movie as The Wild Bunch because it has a feminist undertone! - this book isn't really interested in how movies changed history (or even just movies) as much as it's interested in what's shocking. Which is fine, as far as it goes, but wasn't what I was looking for. ( ) Historical review of a handfull of movies that were considered shocking at the time they were released. JBB goes into exhausting, occasionally academic detail on the directors and actors involved, so although the book only officially covers a few films, you might end up with a significant list once you're done reading. I'll admit my eyes tended to glaze, though. no reviews | add a review
Profoundly Disturbing examines the underground cult movies that have -- unexpectedly and often unintentionally -- revolutionized the way that all movies would be made. These overlooked movies pioneered new cinematographic techniques, subversive narrative structuring, and guerrilla marketing strategies that would eventually trickle up to mainstream cinema. Most important, they expanded what could be shown on-screen and forced us to face a new darker side of reality in all its unjointed glory. Joe Bob Briggs, dubbed "the aficionado of trash" by the Wall Street Journal, uncovers fifteen of the twentieth century's most seminal cult movies, revealing the fascinating stories behind their making. And each chapter finishes with a "For Further Disturbance" section with recommendations for hundreds of related movies. Profoundly Disturbing finds order amidst the chaos of this bizarro cinema and provides a guide that's essential for all movie lovers, especially those who think they've seen everything. Book jacket. No library descriptions found. |
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