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"In this study Yvonne Tasker explores the way the film weaves together gothic, horror and thriller conventions to generate both a distinctive variation on the cinematic portrayal of insanity and crime, and a fascinating intervention in the sexual politics of genre."--Bloomsbury Publishing.Tags
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This is a good exploration into one of the greatest psychological horror films ever made. Tasker provides a good discussion on the major feminist themes, as well as some discussion of serial killers and their mentality. This is definitely a good read for movie lovers.
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Yvonne Tasker is Professor of Film Studies in the School of Film and Television Studies at the University of East Anglia. She is the author of Working Girls: Gender and Sexuality in popular Cinema and spectacular Bodies: Gender, Genre and the Action Cinema and a Co-editor of Interrogating Postfeminism: Gender and the Politics of popular culture, show more also published by Duke University Press. show less
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- The Silence of the Lambs (BFI Film Classics) (BFI Film Classics)
- Original publication date
- 2002-03-29
- People/Characters
- Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins); Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster); Thomas Harris; Jame Gumb (Ted Levine); Jack Crawford (Scott Glenn)
- Related movies
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991 | IMDb)
Classifications
- DDC/MDS
- 791.4372 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Public performances Motion pictures, radio, television, podcasting Motion pictures Films; screenplays Single films
- LCC
- PN1997 .S55 .T37 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Motion pictures Plays, scenarios, etc.
- BISAC
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- 65
- Popularity
- 479,951
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (3.59)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
- 2
