Violent Screen: A Critic's 13 Years on the Front Lines of Movie Mayhem
Violent Screen is a confident walk on the rough side of movie-making with one of today’s rarities: a gun enthusiast, bestselling novelist, and the son of a murder victim who, for the past thirteen years, has written passionately and thoughtfully about violence in contemporary films. In his popular Baltimore Sun reviews, interviews, and articles, Stephen Hunter observes how the movies, with their pervasive violence, reflect our increasingly violent and alienating culture.

He ranges widely—from ironic film noir to dark horror and teenage slashers, from cop suspense, westerns, true-crime and war movies, to gangster flicks and sci-fi pics, from the cinema of urban decay and sexual obsessions, to psychopathic killers and action thrillers. Because it deals with a subject on the minds of many Americans and American politicians, Violent Screen is extraordinarily timely.

It’s also entertaining. Hunter’s movie-reviewing is rife with energy, humor, sharp-edged analysis, and intensity. His tour of America’s violent film archives is quickly becoming a “must have” for film and video buffs everywhere.
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Violent Screen: A Critic's 13 Years on the Front Lines of Movie Mayhem
Violent Screen is a confident walk on the rough side of movie-making with one of today’s rarities: a gun enthusiast, bestselling novelist, and the son of a murder victim who, for the past thirteen years, has written passionately and thoughtfully about violence in contemporary films. In his popular Baltimore Sun reviews, interviews, and articles, Stephen Hunter observes how the movies, with their pervasive violence, reflect our increasingly violent and alienating culture.

He ranges widely—from ironic film noir to dark horror and teenage slashers, from cop suspense, westerns, true-crime and war movies, to gangster flicks and sci-fi pics, from the cinema of urban decay and sexual obsessions, to psychopathic killers and action thrillers. Because it deals with a subject on the minds of many Americans and American politicians, Violent Screen is extraordinarily timely.

It’s also entertaining. Hunter’s movie-reviewing is rife with energy, humor, sharp-edged analysis, and intensity. His tour of America’s violent film archives is quickly becoming a “must have” for film and video buffs everywhere.
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Violent Screen: A Critic's 13 Years on the Front Lines of Movie Mayhem

Violent Screen: A Critic's 13 Years on the Front Lines of Movie Mayhem

by Stephen Hunter
Violent Screen: A Critic's 13 Years on the Front Lines of Movie Mayhem

Violent Screen: A Critic's 13 Years on the Front Lines of Movie Mayhem

by Stephen Hunter

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Violent Screen is a confident walk on the rough side of movie-making with one of today’s rarities: a gun enthusiast, bestselling novelist, and the son of a murder victim who, for the past thirteen years, has written passionately and thoughtfully about violence in contemporary films. In his popular Baltimore Sun reviews, interviews, and articles, Stephen Hunter observes how the movies, with their pervasive violence, reflect our increasingly violent and alienating culture.

He ranges widely—from ironic film noir to dark horror and teenage slashers, from cop suspense, westerns, true-crime and war movies, to gangster flicks and sci-fi pics, from the cinema of urban decay and sexual obsessions, to psychopathic killers and action thrillers. Because it deals with a subject on the minds of many Americans and American politicians, Violent Screen is extraordinarily timely.

It’s also entertaining. Hunter’s movie-reviewing is rife with energy, humor, sharp-edged analysis, and intensity. His tour of America’s violent film archives is quickly becoming a “must have” for film and video buffs everywhere.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940014409254
Publisher: Bancroft Press
Publication date: 11/22/1995
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 308
File size: 542 KB

About the Author

About The Author
Stephen Hunter won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism as well as the 1998 American Society of Newspaper Editors Award for Distinguished Writing in Criticism for his work as film critic at The Washington Post. He is the author of several bestselling novels, including Time to Hunt, Black Light, Point of Impact, and the New York Times bestsellers Havana, Pale Horse Coming, and Hot Springs. He lives in Baltimore.
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