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The Most Disturbing Definition: Are Extreme Cinema Films Part of One Big Genre?

Jensen, Lancelot LU (2020) FIVK01 20192
Film Studies
Abstract
In this essay I have looked at how the term extreme cinema should be categorized. Should it be categorized as a genre, a subgenre, an umbrella term or something else. To find this out I have divided the essay into three chapters, one long and two short. The first chapter is about how style and narrative affects the way extreme cinema is categorized. The second chapter looks at how reception and awards affect the way extreme cinema is categorized. The last chapter looks at how production, distribution, festivals and marketing all play into the way that extreme cinema is categorized.
The essay then concludes with what I think the proper term for categorizing extreme cinema is and why I think so. I also comment on what aspects of extreme... (More)
In this essay I have looked at how the term extreme cinema should be categorized. Should it be categorized as a genre, a subgenre, an umbrella term or something else. To find this out I have divided the essay into three chapters, one long and two short. The first chapter is about how style and narrative affects the way extreme cinema is categorized. The second chapter looks at how reception and awards affect the way extreme cinema is categorized. The last chapter looks at how production, distribution, festivals and marketing all play into the way that extreme cinema is categorized.
The essay then concludes with what I think the proper term for categorizing extreme cinema is and why I think so. I also comment on what aspects of extreme cinema is important when categorizing, and which aspects after having written this essay I don't feel are very important when categorizing these types of films. (Less)
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author
Jensen, Lancelot LU
supervisor
organization
course
FIVK01 20192
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Extreme Cinema, Extreme Film, Extreme Movies, Disturbing, Controversial, Graphic, Violence in film, Sex in film, Sexual violence in film
language
English
id
9002185
date added to LUP
2020-01-22 12:36:45
date last changed
2020-01-22 12:36:58
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  abstract     = {{In this essay I have looked at how the term extreme cinema should be categorized. Should it be categorized as a genre, a subgenre, an umbrella term or something else. To find this out I have divided the essay into three chapters, one long and two short. The first chapter is about how style and narrative affects the way extreme cinema is categorized. The second chapter looks at how reception and awards affect the way extreme cinema is categorized. The last chapter looks at how production, distribution, festivals and marketing all play into the way that extreme cinema is categorized.
 The essay then concludes with what I think the proper term for categorizing extreme cinema is and why I think so. I also comment on what aspects of extreme cinema is important when categorizing, and which aspects after having written this essay I don't feel are very important when categorizing these types of films.}},
  author       = {{Jensen, Lancelot}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The Most Disturbing Definition: Are Extreme Cinema Films Part of One Big Genre?}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}