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Snuff : real death and screen media
\"Brings together scholars from film and media studies for the definitive academic study of 'real death' on screen - from horror cinema, to pornography, to online 'shock videos'\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Killed Because of Lousy Ratings: The Hollywood History of Snuff
The urban legend about \"snuff films,\" in which people are really murdered on camera, has been circulating since the mid-1970s. This article critically examines the standard historical account of the emergence of this myth, which focuses on a single example in the context of exploitation films and pornography, and constructs an alternative account using Hollywood films.
Journal Article
The people vs. Alex Cross
Alex Cross has never been on the wrong side of the law--until he's charged with gunning down followers of his nemesis Gary Soneji in cold blood. Now Cross is being turned into the poster child for trigger-happy cops who think they're above the law. It was self-defense; will a jury see it that way? As Cross fights for his professional life and his freedom, his former partner John Sampson brings him a gruesome, titillating video tied to the mysterious disappearances of several young girls. Despite his suspension from the department, Cross can't say no to Sampson. The illicit investigation leads them to the darkest corners of the Internet, where murder is just another form of entertainment. As the prosecution presents its case, and the nation watches, even those closest to Cross begin to doubt his innocence. If he can't convince his own family that he didn't pull the trigger with intent to kill, how can he hope to persuade a jury? But even with everything on the line, Cross will do whatever it takes to stop a dangerous criminal, even if he can't save himself. -- Adapted from dust jacket.
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Carnage.com
\"When the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts broke out, the military officially released some of the raw combat footage now on the Internet to build a stronger bond between the home front and the battlefield. Soldiers also took their own videos or pulled them from cameras on military systems like Predator drones. But almost as soon as these images became available, civilians and soldiers alike started splicing the clips together, often adding soundtracks and spreading them across the Web. Today there are thousands of war-porn videos, and they've been viewed millions of times. Like sexual porn, they come in degrees of violence, ranging from soft-core montages of rocket-propelled grenades blowing up buildings to snuff-film-like shots of an insurgent taking a bullet to the head.\" (Newsweek) The article examines the proliferation of violent war videos on the Internet.
Magazine Article
Roberta Findlay
This chapter presents an interview with Roberta Findlay, the first woman in America to make pornographic features. Findlay traces her unlikely story of being a sheltered, introverted New York teenager who became involved with pornography through devotion to her husband, Michael Findlay, who decided to be an X-rated director. Together in South America they made the notorious film, Snuff, in which it was rumored (erroneously) that a cast member was murdered on screen. After she divorced, Findlay began directing pornography herself though hating everything about the industry which employed her. But some, including critic Molly Haskell, have seen secret feminist themes in her movies such as Angel Number 9.
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