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7 Actually, cult film producer David F. Friedman.
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14 Quoted in Williams, L. (1989) Hardcore: Power, Pleasure and the 'Frenzy of the Visible'. Betkeley: University of
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2 The US region 1 D V D , with director's commentary, was released by Retromedia in 2003.
3 Erb, C. (1998) Tracking King Kong: A Hollywood Icon in World Culture. Detroit: Wayne University Press, 1998,
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4 Ibid., 160. For an insightful discussion of the allegorical subtexts of the original King Kong, see Carroll, N. (1984)
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5 On World War Two imagery in British science fiction films, see Hunter, I. Q. (1999) 'Introduction: The
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