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A volume in the Depth of Field Series, edited by Charles Affron, Mitella Jona Affron, and Robert Lyons
List of contents
Graphic Violence in the Cinema: Origins, Aesthetic Design, and Social Effects
The Historical Context of Ultraviolence -
The Thin Red Line
Movies to Kill People By
Another Smash at Violence
Crowther Crowther's `Bonnie'-Brook: Rap at Violence Stirs Brouhaha
Statement by Jack Valenti, MPAA President, before the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence
The Aesthetics of Ultraviolence -
Bang Bang Bang Bang, Ad Naseum
Death and Its Details
Violence: The Strong and the Weak
The Violent Dance: A Personal Memoir of Death in the Movies
Her Body, Himself: Gender in the Slasher Film
The Aesthetic of Slow-Motion Violence in the Films of Sam Peckinpah
The Effects of Ultraviolence -
Some Effects of Thoughts on Anti- and Prosocial Influences of Media Events: A Cognitive-Neoassociation Analysis
Mass Media Effects on Violent Behavior
Contributors
Index
About the author
Stephen Prince is associate professor of communication studies at Virginia Tech. He has written many books on film, including The Warrior's Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa, and Movies and Meaning: An Introduction to Film.
Summary
Graphic cinematic violence is a magnet for controversy. From passionate defenses to outraged protests, theories abound concerning this defining feature of modern film: Is it art or exploitation, dangerous or liberating? Screening Violence provides an even-handed examination of the history, merits, and effects of cinematic "ultraviolence."
