Mexploitation Cinema - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mexploitation Cinema write by Doyle Greene. This book was released on 2015-01-28. Mexploitation Cinema available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Thanks in large part to an exploitation film producer and distributor named K. Gordon Murray, a unique collection of horror films from Mexico began to appear on American late-night television and drive-in screens in the 1960s. Ranging from monster movies clearly owing to the heyday of Universal Studios to the lucha libre horror films featuring El Santo and the "Wrestling Women," these low-budget "Mexploitation" films offer plenty of campy fun and still inspire cult devotion, yet they also reward close study in surprising ways. This work places Mexploitation films in their historical and cultural context and provides close textual readings of a representative sample, showing how they can be seen as important documents in the cultural debate over Mexico's past, present and future. Stills accompany the text, and a selected filmography and bibliography complete the volume.
Perverse Titillation
Perverse Titillation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Perverse Titillation write by Danny Shipka. This book was released on 2011-07-25. Perverse Titillation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The exploitation film industry of Italy, Spain and France during the height of its popularity from 1960 to 1980 is the focus of this entertaining history. With subject matter running the gamut from Italian zombies to Spanish werewolves to French lesbian vampires, the shocking and profoundly entertaining motion pictures of the "Eurocult" genre are discussed from the standpoint of the films and the filmmakers, including such internationally celebrated auteurs as Mario Bava, Jess Franco, Jean Rollin and Paul Naschy. The Eurocult phenomenon is also examined in relation to the influences that European culture and environment have had on the world of exploitation cinema. The author's insight and expertise contribute to a greater understanding of what made these films special--and why they have remained so popular to later generations.
"Bold! Daring! Shocking! True!"
"Bold! Daring! Shocking! True!" - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook "Bold! Daring! Shocking! True!" write by Eric Schaefer. This book was released on 1999. "Bold! Daring! Shocking! True!" available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A social and cultural history of exploitation films, which were produced on the fringes of Hollywood and often dealt with subjects forbidden by the Production Code.
Mexploitation Cinema
Mexploitation Cinema - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mexploitation Cinema write by Doyle Greene. This book was released on 2005-08-29. Mexploitation Cinema available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Thanks in large part to an exploitation film producer and distributor named K. Gordon Murray, a unique collection of horror films from Mexico began to appear on American late-night television and drive-in screens in the 1960s. Ranging from monster movies clearly owing to the heyday of Universal Studios to the lucha libre horror films featuring El Santo and the "Wrestling Women," these low-budget "Mexploitation" films offer plenty of campy fun and still inspire cult devotion, yet they also reward close study in surprising ways. This work places Mexploitation films in their historical and cultural context and provides close textual readings of a representative sample, showing how they can be seen as important documents in the cultural debate over Mexico's past, present and future. Stills accompany the text, and a selected filmography and bibliography complete the volume.
La India María
La India María - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook La India María write by Seraina Rohrer. This book was released on 2017-12-20. La India María available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. La India María—a humble and stubborn indigenous Mexican woman—is one of the most popular characters of the Mexican stage, television, and film. Created and portrayed by María Elena Velasco, La India María has delighted audiences since the late 1960s with slapstick humor that slyly critiques discrimination and the powerful. At the same time, however, many critics have derided the iconic figure as a racist depiction of a negative stereotype and dismissed the India María films as exploitation cinema unworthy of serious attention. By contrast, La India María builds a convincing case for María Elena Velasco as an artist whose work as a director and producer—rare for women in Mexican cinema—has been widely and unjustly overlooked. Drawing on extensive interviews with Velasco, her family, and film industry professionals, as well as on archival research, Seraina Rohrer offers the first full account of Velasco's life; her portrayal of La India María in vaudeville, television, and sixteen feature film comedies, including Ni de aquí, ni de allá [Neither here, nor there]; and her controversial reception in Mexico and the United States. Rohrer traces the films' financing, production, and distribution, as well as censorship practices of the period, and compares them to other Mexploitation films produced at the same time. Adding a new chapter to the history of a much-understudied period of Mexican cinema commonly referred to as "la crisis," this pioneering research enriches our appreciation of Mexploitation films.
