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Finn Ballard: No Trespassing: the Post-Millennial
Page 15 No Trespassing: The postmillennial roadhorror movie Finn Ballard Since the turn of the century, there has been released throughout America and Europe a spate of films unified by the same basic plotline: a group of teenagers go roadtripping into the wilderness, and are summarily slaughtered by locals. These films may collectively be termed ‘roadhorror’, due to their blurring of the aesthetic of the road movie with the tension and gore of horror cinema. The thematic of this subgenre has long been established in fiction; from the earliest oral lore, there has been evident a preoccupation with the potential terror of inadvertently trespassing into a hostile environment. This was a particular concern of the folkloric Warnmärchen or ‘warning tale’ of medieval Europe, which educated both children and adults of the dangers of straying into the wilderness. Pioneers carried such tales to the fledging United States, but in a nation conceptualised by progress, by the shining of light upon darkness and the pushing back of frontiers, the fear of the wilderness was diminished in impact. In more recent history, the development of the automobile consolidated the joint American traditions of mobility and discovery, as the leisure activity of the road trip became popular. The wilderness therefore became a source of fascination rather than fear, and the road trip became a transcendental voyage of discovery and of escape from the urban, made fashionable by writers such as Jack Kerouac and by those filmmakers such as Dennis Hopper ( Easy Rider, 1969) who influenced the evolution of the American road movie. -
Spartan Daily, October 16, 2013
SPARTANDAILY.COM INSIDE thespartandaily.tumblr.com facebook.com/spartandaily P. 3 Sports: The scholarly Twitter: @spartandaily fighter: Marti Malloy Instagram: @spartandaily P. 4 A&E: Free comedy show WEATHER Clear SPARTAN DAILY at SJSU 82°F Serving San José State University Hungry for more? since 1934 P. 5 Opinion: Revenge not so 52°F Volume 141 / Issue 21 Special issue coming Thursday! Printed on recycled paper Wednesday, October 16, 2013 sweet in real life SAFETY CAMPUS IMAGE SJSU prepares Branching out in human lifespan to shake it up Information compiled from Ready.gov and FEMA Infographic by Leeta-Rose Ballester | Spartan Daily By Leeta-Rose Ballester ing for up to three days,” she @leetarose said. Phillips said Thursday’s The university is prepar- drill will primarily be a test ing to shake, rattle and roll — of campus communications or at least test its emergency in the event of an emergen- communications in the event cy, although instructors and of an earthquake. administrative departments The Great California are encouraged to partici- Shake Out is a statewide pate in a physical drill. earthquake drill that will “We don’t do the drill in take place precisely at 10:17 the classrooms so as not to Jenny Bennett | Spartan Daily a.m. on Thursday, accord- disrupt,” she said. “We can Peter Im (right), an undeclared sophomore, directs Thao Vy Nguyen (left), a junior health science major, to hug ing to Yvette Phillips, SJSU have people stop, drop, cover a tree near Spartan Complex on Tuesday. Nguyen is blindfolded as part of an activity for a human lifespan class emergency preparedness co- and hold, but the messaging which simulates what it is like to lose the sense of sight. -
A Dark New World : Anatomy of Australian Horror Films
A dark new world: Anatomy of Australian horror films Mark David Ryan Faculty of Creative Industries, Queensland University of Technology A thesis submitted in fulfillment of the degree Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), December 2008 The Films (from top left to right): Undead (2003); Cut (2000); Wolf Creek (2005); Rogue (2007); Storm Warning (2006); Black Water (2007); Demons Among Us (2006); Gabriel (2007); Feed (2005). ii KEY WORDS Australian horror films; horror films; horror genre; movie genres; globalisation of film production; internationalisation; Australian film industry; independent film; fan culture iii ABSTRACT After experimental beginnings in the 1970s, a commercial push in the 1980s, and an underground existence in the 1990s, from 2000 to 2007 contemporary Australian horror production has experienced a period of strong growth and relative commercial success unequalled throughout the past three decades of Australian film history. This study explores the rise of contemporary Australian horror production: emerging production and distribution models; the films produced; and the industrial, market and technological forces driving production. Australian horror production is a vibrant production sector comprising mainstream and underground spheres of production. Mainstream horror production is an independent, internationally oriented production sector on the margins of the Australian film industry producing titles such as Wolf Creek (2005) and Rogue (2007), while underground production is a fan-based, indie filmmaking subculture, producing credit-card films such as I know How Many Runs You Scored Last Summer (2006) and The Killbillies (2002). Overlap between these spheres of production, results in ‘high-end indie’ films such as Undead (2003) and Gabriel (2007) emerging from the underground but crossing over into the mainstream. -
The Rise of Danny Trejo
Press/Media Contacts: Shelley Spicer, Mill Valley Film Festival 415.526.5845; [email protected] Karen Larsen, Larsen Associates 415.957.1205; [email protected] Clara Franco, Hamilton Ink PR 415.381.8198; [email protected] (Above number and email are not for publication) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CELEBRATING 42 YEARS Showcasing the Best in Independent and World Cinema Thursday, October 3 – 13, 2019 MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES US & INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE OF INMATE #1: THE RISE OF DANNY TREJO SAN RAFAEL, CA (August 22, 2018) – The Mill Valley Film Festival is proud to announce a Special Presentation of the US and International Premiere of INMATE #1: THE RISE OF DANNY TREJO, featuring an onstage conversation with subject DANNY TREJO. About INMATE#1: THE RISE OF DANNY TREJO: With nearly 400 — and counting! — film and television credits since 1985, Danny Trejo is one of the most prolific and recognizable actors around. But his remarkable ascent to beloved Hollywood hero notorious for tough guy roles in Heat, Breaking Bad, and the Machete series was as hard- earned as it was unexpected. In this moving, funny, and revealing portrait, Trejo candidly traces his own sensational out-of-the-ashes journey from troubled kid growing up in Pacoima, CA, to teenage drug addict and San Quentin prison inmate, to ubiquitous film star, restauranteur, philanthropist, and role model. With help from his most ardent champions, including his children, friends, and famous colleagues (Robert Rodriguez, Cheech Marin, and Michelle Rodriguez), Brett Harvey’s affecting profile is as raw and intimate as it is a buoyant celebration of an exceptional California Film Institute, 1001 Lootens Place, Ste. -
Grindhouse: Entre O Cult E O B? Renato Bressan2 Universidade
Intercom – Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Comunicação XIII Congresso de Ciências da Comunicação na Região Sudeste – São Paulo – 07 a 10 de maio de 2008. Grindhouse : entre o Cult e o B? 1 Renato Bressan 2 Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora Resumo: Este artigo pretende analisar Grindhouse , projeto que estreou em 2007 nos EUA e foi realizado pelos cineastas Quentin Tarantino e Robert Rodriguez. Num primeiro momento apresentaremos algumas definições relativas às expressões “B” e “Cult” para que, na etapa seguinte, possamos contextualizar como o projeto nos remete à Nouvelle Vague e aos primeiros filmes de Jean-Luc Godard . Por fim, analisaremos Grindhouse e suas peculiaridades, levando em conta o panorama cinematográfico contemporâneo e as modificações tecnológicas e/ou culturais recentes. Palavras-chave: Grindhouse; Cult; Filme B; Nouvelle Vague; Godard ______________________________________________________________________ Introdução Em 28 de janeiro de 2007 , o escritor Whitney Joiner explicava o que os diretores Quentin Tarantino e Robert Rodriguez pretendiam com o projeto Grindhouse : Na visão dos cineastas, "Grindhouse" é um presente àqueles que esqueceram, ou perderam, a experiência de assistir filmes de gênero B, como os que eram exibidos nas décadas de 1950, 1960 e 1970, os quais vendiam o que não era explorado pelos grandes estúdios: geralmente sexo e sangue derramado. Os filmes, frequentemente exibidos um após o outro, tinham cartazes pomposos que prometiam mais do que suas absurdas produções de baixo orçamento poderiam oferecer (...) Às vezes, até os locais de exibição eram assustadores 3(JOINER, 2007). Considerando estas informações, analisaremos quais as relações de Grindhouse com os termos B e Cult, e como o projeto nos remete à Nouvelle Vague e aos primeiros filmes de Jean-Luc Godard. -
Ivan Arsic Die Faszination Und Entstehung Der Angst Bei Der
Fachbereich Medien Ivan Arsic Die Faszination und Entstehung der Angst bei der Betrachtung von qualitativen Horrorfilmen - Bachelorarbeit – Hochschule Mittweida – University of Applied Science (FH) Mittweida, 2011 Fachbereich Medien Ivan Arsic Die Faszination und Entstehung der Angst bei der Betrachtung von qualitativen Horrorfilmen - eingereicht als Bachelorarbeit – Hochschule Mittweida – University of Applied Science (FH) Vorgelegte Arbeit wurde eingereicht am: 31.01.2011 Erstprüfer Zweitprüfer Prof. Peter Gottschalk Ulla Hocker Berlin, 2011 Arsic, Ivan Horrorgenre: Die Faszination und Entstehung der Angst bei der Betrachtung von qualitativen Horrorfilmen Referat Die Bachelorarbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Faszination und Entstehung der Angst bei der Betrachtung von Horrorfilmen. Anhand von erfolgreichen Horrorfilmen werden die Angst erregenden Methoden analysiert und erklärt wie die Angst des Zuschauers erzeugt wird. Des Weiteren wird thematisiert woher das Interesse kommt „Grausames“ betrachten zu wollen. Dabei wird das Horrorgenre im Ganzen betrachtet und in seiner Vielschichtigkeit analysiert. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbildungsverzeichnis................................................................................6 Vorwort.......................................................................................................7 1. Einleitung................................................................................................8 2. Der Begriff Horror .................................................................................10 -
Negotiating the Non-Narrative, Aesthetic and Erotic in New Extreme Gore
NEGOTIATING THE NON-NARRATIVE, AESTHETIC AND EROTIC IN NEW EXTREME GORE. A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Georgetown University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Communication, Culture, and Technology By Colva Weissenstein, B.A. Washington, DC April 18, 2011 Copyright 2011 by Colva Weissenstein All Rights Reserved ii NEGOTIATING THE NON-NARRATIVE, AESTHETIC AND EROTIC IN NEW EXTREME GORE. Colva O. Weissenstein, B.A. Thesis Advisor: Garrison LeMasters, Ph.D. ABSTRACT This thesis is about the economic and aesthetic elements of New Extreme Gore films produced in the 2000s. The thesis seeks to evaluate film in terms of its aesthetic project rather than a traditional reading of horror as a cathartic genre. The aesthetic project of these films manifests in terms of an erotic and visually constructed affective experience. It examines the films from a thick descriptive and scene analysis methodology in order to express the aesthetic over narrative elements of the films. The thesis is organized in terms of the economic location of the New Extreme Gore films in terms of the film industry at large. It then negotiates a move to define and analyze the aesthetic and stylistic elements of the images of bodily destruction and gore present in these productions. Finally, to consider the erotic manifestations of New Extreme Gore it explores the relationship between the real and the artificial in horror and hardcore pornography. New Extreme Gore operates in terms of a kind of aesthetic, gore-driven pornography. Further, the films in question are inherently tied to their economic circumstances as a result of the significant visual effects technology and the unstable financial success of hyper- violent films. -
Stars, Genres, and the Question of Constructing a Popular Anglophone Canadian Cinema in the Twenty First Century
Western University Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository 8-20-2012 12:00 AM Fighting, Screaming, and Laughing for an Audience: Stars, Genres, and the Question of Constructing a Popular Anglophone Canadian Cinema in the Twenty First Century Sean C. Fitzpatrick The University of Western Ontario Supervisor Dr. Christopher E. Gittings The University of Western Ontario Graduate Program in Film Studies A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the equirr ements for the degree in Master of Arts © Sean C. Fitzpatrick 2012 Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd Part of the Film and Media Studies Commons Recommended Citation Fitzpatrick, Sean C., "Fighting, Screaming, and Laughing for an Audience: Stars, Genres, and the Question of Constructing a Popular Anglophone Canadian Cinema in the Twenty First Century" (2012). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 784. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/784 This Dissertation/Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarship@Western. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository by an authorized administrator of Scholarship@Western. For more information, please contact [email protected]. FIGHTING, SCREAMING, AND LAUGHING FOR AN AUDIENCE: STARS, GENRE, AND THE QUESTION OF CONSTRUCTING A POPULAR ANGLOPHONE CANADIAN CINEMA IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY (Spine title: Fighting, Screaming, and Laughing for an Audience) (Thesis format: Monograph OR Integrated-Article) by Sean Fitzpatrick Graduate Program in Film Studies A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts The School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies The University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada © Sean Fitzpatrick 2012 THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies CERTIFICATE OF EXAMINATION Supervisor Examiners ______________________________ ______________________________ Dr. -
The George-Anne Student Media
Georgia Southern University Digital Commons@Georgia Southern The George-Anne Student Media 1-25-2011 The George-Anne Georgia Southern University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/george-anne Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Georgia Southern University, "The George-Anne" (2011). The George-Anne. 29. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/george-anne/29 This newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Media at Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. It has been accepted for inclusion in The George-Anne by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ANGELA DAVIS GILBERT TO. SPEAK PERFORMS THURSDAY SATURDAY PAGE 2 PAGE 9 Tuesday, January 25, 2011 Georgia Southern University www.thegeorgeanne.com Volume 86* issue 48 ™G EOI RGI Georgia Southern earns two top ten national rankings By PATRICK STOKER from the fall 2009 class, where 68.7 percent of students accepted by Another list by Forbes Magazine ranked GSU 10th in a ranking Staff reporter GSU decided to attend. of the best schools in the United States for minorities in the fields "This is the latest example of Georgia Southern University's of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The list Georgia Southern University has gained national recognition continued climb in enrollment, academic quality and national ranked schools based on their quality of education and graduation recently as a result of being named in the top ten of two different reputation and proves what thousands of Georgia Southern rates for minorities in those fields. -
Maniac-Presskit-English.Pdf
Photos © La Petite Reine - Daniel McFadden - Lacey Terrell THOMAS LANGMANN & ALEXANDRE AJA present A film by FRANCK KHALFOUN Written by AlEXANDRE AJA & GREGORY LEVASSEUR Based on the movie MANIAC by WIllIAM LUSTIG with ElIJAH WOOD & NORA ARNEZEDER 2012 • France • english • 1h29M • color © 2012 - La Petite Reine - Studio 37 INTERNATIONAL SALES: Download press kit and photos from WWW.WILDBUNCH.BIZ/FILMS/MANIAC Synopsis Just when the streets seemed safe, a serial killer with a fetish for scalps is back and on the hunt. Frank is the withdrawn owner of a mannequin a 21st century Jack the ripper set in present- store, but his life changes when young artist day L.A. MANIAC is a re-boot of the cult Anna appears asking for his help with her film considered by many to be the most new exhibition. As their friendship develops suspenseful slasher movie ever made – and Frank’s obsession escalates, it becomes an intimate, visually daring, psychologically clear that she has unleashed a long-repressed complex and profoundly horrific trip into the compulsion to stalk and kill. downward spiralling nightmare of a killer and his victims. Q&A with FRANCK KHALFOUN Were you a big fan of the connect with and feel compassion for, as well original MANIAC? as, obviously, the violence and the gore. The original SFX were created by the legendary I was 12 when it came out so obviously I wasn’t Tom Savini so who better to do this version allowed to see it in a theatre and I had to wait than maestro greg nicotero who started off a while until it was released on VHS. -
Jigsaw: Torture Porn Rebooted? Steve Jones After a Seven-Year Hiatus
Originally published in: Bacon, S. (ed.) Horror: A Companion. Oxford: Peter Lang, 2019. This version © Steve Jones 2018 Jigsaw: Torture Porn Rebooted? Steve Jones After a seven-year hiatus, ‘just when you thought it was safe to go back to the cinema for Halloween’ (Croot 2017), the Saw franchise returned. Critics overwhelming disapproved of franchise’s reinvigoration, and much of that dissention centred around a label that is synonymous with Saw: ‘torture porn’. Numerous critics pegged the original Saw (2004) as torture porn’s prototype (see Lidz 2009, Canberra Times 2008). Accordingly, critics such as Lee (2017) characterised Jigsaw’s release as heralding an unwelcome ‘torture porn comeback’. This chapter will investigate the legitimacy of this concern in order to determine what ‘torture porn’ is and means in the Jigsaw era. ‘Torture porn’ originates in press discourse. The term was coined by David Edelstein (2006), but its implied meanings were entrenched by its proliferation within journalistic film criticism (for a detailed discussion of the label’s development and its implied meanings, see Jones 2013). On examining the films brought together within the press discourse, it becomes apparent that ‘torture porn’ is applied to narratives made after 2003 that centralise abduction, imprisonment, and torture. These films focus on protagonists’ fear and/or pain, encoding the latter in a manner that seeks to ‘inspire trepidation, tension, or revulsion for the audience’ (Jones 2013, 8). The press discourse was not principally designed to delineate a subgenre however. Rather, it allowed critics to disparage popular horror movies. Torture porn films – according to their detractors – are comprised of violence without sufficient narrative or character development (see McCartney 2007, Slotek 2009). -
An Investigation of Noël Carroll's Narrative Logic of Horror and The
Titel: Horror Gore and Horror Tales: an Investigation of Noël Carroll’s Narrative Logic of Horror and the Role of Spectacle in the Narrative. Auteur: Sophie Anne Caroline Herbergs Studentnummer: 3405494 Opleiding: Taal- en Cultuurstudies, hoofdrichting Film- en Televisiewetenschappen Docent: Dr. James S. Hurley Taal: Engels Ingeleverd op: 21-06-2013 1 Horror Gore and Horror Tales: an Investigation of Noël Carroll’s Narrative Logic of Horror and the Role of Spectacle in the Narrative. Sophie Anne Caroline Herbergs 3405494 Blok 4, 2012/2013 Completed on 21-06-2013 Led by Dr. James S. Hurley BA-Eindwerkstuk: Film Genre Theory 2 Table of Content List of illustrations ................................................................................................................................ 4 Abstract ................................................................................................................................................ 4 Chapter 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 5 1.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Methodology .................................................................................................................................. 6 Chapter 2 Narrative logic and suspense ................................................................................................. 8 2.1 Carroll’s