Hollywood Bloodshed: Violence in 1980s American Cinema

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Contents List of Illustrations vii Preface ix Acknowledgments xv introduction The Mainstreaming of Hollywood Screen Violence 1 1. a blood renaissance Screen Violence and the Rise of the New Hollywood Auteurs 22 2. retreating from the world of revolution Controversies over Screen Violence at the Dawn of the Reagan Era 53 3. pure action, packaged violence The Role of the Action Film in 1980s Hollywood 79 4. fighting outward, looking inward Violence in the 1980s Vietnam Film 106 5. disavowing horror Independent Production, Fandom, and the Fetishizing of Makeup Special Effects 135 6. children in danger Screen Violence, Steven Spielberg, and the PG-13 Rating 170 conclusion Fashioning a New Screen Violence from the Old in the 1990s 204 Notes 215 Works Cited 225 Index 239 ...