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Devouring Whirlwind: Terror and Transcendence in the Cinema of Cruelty

Devouring Whirlwind: Terror and Transcendence in the Cinema of Cruelty


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As the popularity of the genre increases and special effects are pushed to greater extremes of terror and cruelty, more and more people have begun to wonder, what is the attraction of horror films? Do they have any socially redeeming features? Rockett offers some surprising and provocative answers to these questions in his analysis of the cinema of cruelty. First commenting on our fascination with experiences that transcend the world of ordinary reality, he looks at film as a means of expressing the dark side of human nature. Next, he examines the essential ingredients that go into the making of a horror film, the variations that are found within the genre, and the links between the best horror cinema and Artaud's Theatre of Cruelty. Echoing Artaud, Rockett argues that human beings are attracted to horror in films because of an unconscious craving for a reality in which the demonic supernatural acts as a living whirlwind, devouring the darkness and bringing viewers closer to the transcendence they are actually seeking. The final chapter shows how the finest works in the horror genre achieve this underlying aim. He discusses filmmakers such as Roman Polanski, who have been able to provide the realism and artistic quality that contemporary audiences demand while preserving the ambiguity and terror necessary to experience the power of transcendent force. Rockett's skillful and imaginative exploration of the subject will be appreciated by scholars and general readers concerned with popular culture, film, literature, drama, and contemporary social issues.

Table of Contents:
Introduction The Unhealthy Postulate and Transcendence The Unhealthy Postulate The Attractions of Horror The Ways of Transcendence The Cinema and Transcendence A Cinema of Cruelty The Horror Canon The Varieties of Horror Fear, Horror, and Terror The Unheimlich and the Fantastic The Theatre of Cruelty and the Cinema of Cruelty The Mise-en-Scène of the Cinema of Cruelty The Transcendental Style: Realism and Atmosphere Dramatic Setting Character: Humans and Monsters Dramatic Structure and Convention Films of the Cinema of Cruelty Bibliography Index

About the Author :
WILL H. ROCKETT is Dean of Faculty for Arts and Humanities, State University of New York at Fredonia. He worked for a number of years as a writer and director for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, which produced a dozen of his radio plays. Two volumes of his verse have been published by Fiddlehead Poetry Books, and he has written for a variety of magazines, newspapers, and scholarly journals.

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?Devouring the Whirlwind asks the question: what is the continuing attraction of the horror film? The author examines the horror genre in some detail. The 221 page book tries to reach an audience of scholars in popular culture, film, literature, drama, and contemporary social criticism.?-CAST/Communication Booknews "Devouring the Whirlwind asks the question: what is the continuing attraction of the horror film? The author examines the horror genre in some detail. The 221 page book tries to reach an audience of scholars in popular culture, film, literature, drama, and contemporary social criticism."-CAST/Communication Booknews


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  • ISBN-13: 9780313259982
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Terror and Transcendence in the Cinema of Cruelty
  • ISBN-10: 0313259984
  • Publisher Date: 17 Nov 1988
  • Binding: Hardback
  • No of Pages: 221


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