Book Reviews
The Cinema of John Carpenter: The Technique of Terror (2004) Book Review
John Carpenter has been variously labelled a “maverick”, a “horror director”, an “auteur”, even “the last genre filmmaker in America.” Unlike some of his more talkative and self-reflective colleagues like David Cronenberg or George Romero, he has always remained rather tight-lipped when it came to deeper analysis of his motifs, themes and ideas, preferring his [...]
May 1st, 2008 | Dejan Ognjanovic | 2 comments | Read MoreBook Review: Donnie Darko (by Geoff King)
I guess I was subconsciously expecting this book to be a letdown. The first two in the Cultographies series were excellent and very much to the point: so, at least one had to be somewhat behind, right? Rarely does one find a series made up entirely, and with no exception, of excellent books. And [...]
March 23rd, 2008 | Dejan Ognjanovic | 0 comments | Read MoreTCM International Film Guide 2008 Book Review
Ever since 1963, when it was first published, the International Film Guide has enjoyed the unrivalled reputation as the most authoritative and trusted source of information on world cinema. For a good while Variety stood behind it, then Guardian briefly, and now, after one year’s pause (there was no 2007 edition), with Turner Classic Movies [...]
March 1st, 2008 | Dejan Ognjanovic | 0 comments | Read MoreBook Review: This is Spinal Tap (by Ethan de Seife)
Here’s another volume in the Wallflower’s Cultographies series of books devoted to cult movies. Of course, the book market is clogged by all kinds of picturebooks and ‘guides’ through the highs and lows of cinema, including the despised (but commercially viable) cult, genre, ‘grindhouse’, exploitation movies. But how many serious attempts are there which not [...]
February 16th, 2008 | Dejan Ognjanovic | 0 comments | Read MoreBook Review: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (by Jeffrey Weinstock)
‘Cultographies’ is a new series of books, devoted (as you might guess) to ”the weird and wonderful world of cult cinema”. In format and approach they are very much reminiscent of the acclaimed British Film Institute’s series ‘BFI’s Modern Classics’. Small in size and not longer than 130 pages, ‘Cultographies’ books manage to compress unbelievable [...]
February 9th, 2008 | Dejan Ognjanovic | 1 comment | Read More
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