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The Cinema of Gerorge A. Romero
Knight of the Living Dead
Tony Williams

The Cinema of George A. Romero: Knight of the Living Dead is
the first in-depth study in English of the career of this foremost
auteur working at the margins of the Hollywood mainstream.
In placing Romeros oeuvre in the context of literary naturalism,
the book explores the relevance of the directors films within
American cultural traditions and thus explains the potency of
such work beyond 'splatter movie' models. The author explores
the roots of naturalism in the work of Emile Zola and traces this
through to the EC Comics of the 1950s and on to the work of
Stephen King.
2003
"This thorough, searching and always intelligent overview does
£14.99 pbk 1-903364-73-6
full justice to Romero's Living Dead trilogy and also at last rectifies
£42.50 hbk 1-903364-62-0 the critical neglect of Romeros other work, fully establishing its
comnplexiry and cohesion."
208 pages
- Robin Wood, CineAction!

The Cinema of David Lynch
American Dreams, Nightmare Visions

Edited by Erica Sheen
and Annette Davison

David Lynch is an anomaly. A pioneer of the American
'indie' aesthetic, he also works in Hollywood and for network
television. He has created some of the most disturbing images in
contemporary cinema, and produced startlingly innovative work
in sound. This collection offers a range of theoretically divergent
readings that demonstrate not only the difficulty of locating
interprerative positions for Lynch's work, but also the pleasure of
finding new ways of thinking about it. Films discussed include
Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, The Straight Story and Mulholland
Drive.
2004
£14.99 pbk 1-903364-85-X
"A ground-breaking collection of new essays presenting a range of
£42.50 hbk 1-903364-86-8 challenging theoretical perspectives on, and insightful readings
208 pages of, Lynch's work."
- Frank Krutnik, Sheffield Hallam University

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