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02556aam a22003498i 4500 001 B50CF524A18B11E6AED112AEDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20161103010209 008 160817s2016 ncu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2016023919 020 $a 0786495014 (softcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780786495016 (softcover : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)923853582 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d CDX $d OCLCF $d WAU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PN1993.5 I88 S48 2016 100 1 $a Sevastakis, Michael, $e author. 245 10 $a Giallo cinema and its folktale roots : $b a critical study of 10 films, 1962-1987 / $c Michael Sevastakis. 263 $a 1607 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2016] 300 $a 231 pages cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: A crime waiting to be committed -- In the beginning was the Giallo Mario Bava's La ragazza che sapeva troppo (1962) -- A vice in common Sergio Martino's Lo strano vizio della Signora Wardh (1970) -- Wrap your troubles in dreams (and dream your troubles away) Lucio Fulci's Una lucertola con la pelle di Donna (1971) -- Murder according to the good book Umberto Lenzi's Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso (1972) -- his blindness is his sight sergio pastore's sette scialli di seta gialla (1972) -- No irises for Miss Landsbury Giuliano Carnimeo's Perche quelle strane gocce di sangue "Sul corpo di Jennifer" (1972) -- Jealousy as cruel as the grave Andrea Bianchi's nude per L'assassino (1975) -- The shadow of guilt Antonio Bido's Solamente nero (1978) -- A night at the opera ... without the Marx Brothers Dario Argento's Opera (1987) -- The return of the repressed Lamberto Bava's Le foto di gioia (1987) -- Conclusion: A postscript of sorts, not a requiem for a genre. 520 $a "The Italian giallo film genre was based on British and American fiction of the 30s and 40s, adapted to the filmmaking of 1970s and 1980s Europe. This book analyzes sex and violence of giallo films, finding in them beauty and tracing their literary antecedents to elements of the fairy tale as described by Russian folklorist Propp. "-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Motion pictures $z Italy $x History. 650 0 $a Film genres $z Italy. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217020526.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170503023521.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B50CF524A18B11E6AED112AEDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search