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Grindhouse Nostalgia: Memory, Home Video and Exploitation Film Fandom
David Church
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Description for Grindhouse Nostalgia: Memory, Home Video and Exploitation Film Fandom
Hardcover. Explores how the history of drive in theatres and urban grind houses has descended to the home video formats that keep these lurid movies alive. This book focuses on both the re release of archival exploitation films on DVD and the recent cycle of 'retrosploitation' films like Grindhouse, Machete, Viva, The Devil's Rejects more. Num Pages: 292 pages, 21 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594.
This is an indispensable study of exploitation cinema's continuing allure. Too often dismissed as nothing more than 'trash cinema', exploitation films have become both earnestly appreciated cult objects and home video items that are more accessible than ever. In this wide ranging new study, David Church explores how the history of drive in theatres and urban grind houses has descended to the home video formats that keep these lurid movies fondly alive today. Arguing for the importance of cultural memory in contemporary fan practices, Church focuses on both the re release of archival exploitation films on DVD and the recent ... Read more
This is an indispensable study of exploitation cinema's continuing allure. Too often dismissed as nothing more than 'trash cinema', exploitation films have become both earnestly appreciated cult objects and home video items that are more accessible than ever. In this wide ranging new study, David Church explores how the history of drive in theatres and urban grind houses has descended to the home video formats that keep these lurid movies fondly alive today. Arguing for the importance of cultural memory in contemporary fan practices, Church focuses on both the re release of archival exploitation films on DVD and the recent ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748699100
SKU
V9780748699100
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About David Church
David Church is based at the Department of Communication and Culture, Indiana University.
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