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OverviewBeloved among cult horror devotees for its signature excesses of sex and violence, Italian giallo cinema is marked by switchblades, mysterious killers, whisky bottles and poetically overinflated titles. A growing field of English-language giallo studies has focused on aspects of production, distribution and reception. This volume explores an overlooked yet prevalent element in some of the best known gialli-an obsession with art and artists in creative production, with a particular focus on painting. The author explores the appearance and significance of art objects across the masterworks of such filmmakers as Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci, Sergio Martino, Umberto Lenzi, Michele Soavi, Mario Bava and his son Lamberto. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alexandra Heller-NicholasPublisher: McFarland & Co Inc Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.333kg ISBN: 9781476675398ISBN 10: 1476675392 Pages: 191 Publication Date: 03 February 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 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 243ReviewsA solid title on the giallo films, particularly for those with an interest in art, that inspires further research and collecting. - popcultureshelf.com Author InformationAlexandra 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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