Extreme Asia : : The Rise of Cult Cinema from the Far East / / Daniel Martin.
How shrewd marketing engineered the East Asian cult film boom in the UKFrom Japanese horror to South Korean revenge thrillers, and from the new Hong Kong crime film to Thailand's boundary-breaking ghost stories, Western audiences have been stunned by a boom in challenging cult cinema from East...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1 Chilling Beginnings: Japanese Horror and the British Critical Reception of Nakata Hideo's Ring
- CHAPTER 2 Cinema of Cruelty: The Birth of Asia Extreme and Miike Takashi's Audition
- CHAPTER 3 Courting Controversy: Hype, Scandal and Fukasaku Kinji's Battle Royale
- CHAPTER 4 Brand Wagon: The Courtship of Multiplex Audiences and the 2003 Asia Extreme Roadshow
- CHAPTER 5 Savagery and Serenity: Extreme Cinema and the Films of Kim Ki-duk
- CHAPTER 6 From the Margins to the Mainstream: Asia Extreme in 2004
- Conclusion: The Legacy of Asia Extreme
- Appendix: Asia Extreme UK Theatrical Release Timeline
- Bibliography
- Filmography
- Index