David Kerekes, David Slater: Killing for Culture – An Illustrated History of Death Film from Mondo to SnuffInhalt:
Killing for Culture is a
unique, definitive investigation into images of death – both
real and staged – which have been captured on film either
for cinematic, or more sinister, purposes: the complete history
of the so-called „snuff-movie“ aesthetic.
Included is a radical critique of feature films which have
incorporated a „snuff“ element; a comprehensive history
of „Mondo“ movies and „shockumentaries“;
analysis of the validity or otherwise of supposedly real-life
„snuff“ footage, and its links with certain individuals
and organisations; a summary of other real deaths captured on
film suchas live-TV suicides, executions, news-reel footage etc;
and also a comprehensive filmography. The whole book is profusely
illustrated with rare and extraordinary photographs from both
cinema, documentary and real life.
Disgraced State Treasurer R. Budd
Dwyer holds a press conference and blows his brains out live on
television.
A low-budget movie does great box-office when released as SNUFF,
implying in its ad campaign that a real murder has occurred
before the camera.
During a routine check, a police officer is set upon and murdered
by three men, oblivious to the fact they are being recorded on
videoptape.
Exploitative documentaries such as EXCUSE ME, DO YOU LIKE SEX?
and LANGUAGE OF LOVE are succeeded by the likes of FACES OF DEATH
and THE SHOCKS, which show people killing and being killed.
A retired engineer ingests a lethal cocktail of drugs, faces a
camcorder and explains that he is now about to die.
Replaying concert footage, the Rolling Stones watch in disbelief
as Hell’s Angels stab to death a member of the audience.
Confiscation of a film of Asian origin – depicting the
mutilation and eventual decapitation of a young woman –
leads to an international investigation and arrest...
Killing for Culture is a necessary book which examines and questions the primal human fascination with images of violence, dismemberment and death, and the way our society is coping with a growing profusion of these disturbing yet compelling images from all quarters.
Creation Books – ISBN: 3-871592-20-8
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