| Description |
xii, 474 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Filmography: p. 345-387. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-458) and index. |
| Contents |
"An attempt to 'commercialize vice'": origins of the exploitation film -- "A hodge-podge of cuttings and splicings": the mode of production and the style of classical exploitation films -- "You gotta tell'em to sell'em": distribution, advertising, and exhibition of exploitation films -- "Thoroughly vile and disgusting": the exploitation film and censorship -- "No false modesty, no old-fashioned taboos": the sex hygiene film -- "The monster that caters to thrill-hungry youth": the drug film -- "Timely as today's front page": vice, exotic, and atrocity films -- "They wear no clothes!": nudist and burlesque films -- Conclusion: the end of classical exploitation. |
| Subject |
Exploitation films -- History and criticism.
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| ISBN |
9780822323747 (paper : alk. paper) |
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0822323532 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780822323532 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0822323745 (paper : alk. paper) |
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