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Author:   Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.354kg
ISBN:  

9781476675398

ISBN 10:   1476675392
Pages:   258
Publication Date:   17 February 2021
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 One-Art, Cinema, Horror, Excess 7 Two-Giallo: Italy and Beyond 27 Famous Paintings Three-Girls Asleep, Girls Afraid: Vermeer in The Forbidden Room (Anima Persa, 1977) and The Psychic (Sette Note in Nero, 1977) 52 Four-Swan Guts and Screaming Popes: Salvador Dali, Francis Bacon and A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (Una lucertola con la pelle di donna, Lucio Fulci, 1971) 70 Five-The Medusa's Warning: The Stendhal Syndrome (La Sindrome di Stendhal, Dario Argento, 1996) 80 Clues, Presence and Painting Six-Misreading Clues: Dario Argento's The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo, 1970) and Deep Red (Profondo rosso, 1975) 94 Seven-Haunted Portraits: The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (La dama rossa uccide sette volte, Emilio Miraglia, 1972) and Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (Il tuo vizio e una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave, Sergio Martino, 1972) 105 Eight-Paint Death Clearly: Saint Sebastian and The House with Laughing Windows (La casa dalle finestre che ridono, Pupi Avati, 1976) 117 Painters Nine-A Portrait of an Artist as a Mad Drunk: The Red Headed Corpse (La rossa dalla pelle che scotta, Renzo Russo, 1972) 130 Ten-The Myth of the Mad Genius: Vincent Van Gogh and Blood Delirium (Delirio di sangue, Sergio Bergonzelli, 1988) 136 Eleven-The Ghosts of Capitalism: Art, Labor and Exploitation in A Quiet Place in the Country (Un tranquillo posto di campagna, Elio Petri, 1968) 141 Other Art Forms Twelve-Fashion and Photography 154 Thirteen-Filmmaking 168 Fourteen-Theater and Performance 177 Fifteen-Hybridity 188 Conclusion: Style Is the Substance 207 Chapter Notes 211 Bibliography 231 Index 243

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A solid title on the giallo films, particularly for those with an interest in art, that inspires further research and collecting. - popcultureshelf.com

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas is an award-winning Australian film critic, author and academic who has written eight books on cult, horror and exploitation cinema with an emphasis on gender politics. She is a research fellow at RMIT University and an adjunct professor at Deakin University, both in Melbourne, Australia.

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