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"Film is a genuine art. It is genuine in that it is strictly popular. Like all the arts its apppeal is based on a few primitive, and therefore universal, instincts and mechanisms in man. Sex and combat are the chief instincts. --after Terry Ramsaye (1926).

"Voyeurism is not just one of the primary tools of cinema, but of written fiction too."

"The Kino is a vulgar modern entertainment and I doubt if it can tell us anything serious about the modern condition." --Sigmund Freud

Contents 1 Research interests 2 Bibliography 3 By era 4 By genre 5 By profession 6 Theory 7 By director

Research interests

• Paracinema
• Art film
• European cinema
• Exploitation film
• Giallo
• Sex in film
• Porn chic
• Violence in film
• Effects of the home video revolution

Bibliography

• Immoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies 1956-1984
• Film as a Subversive Art by Amos Vogel
• Midnight Movies (1983)
• Incredibly Strange Films (1986)
• Cult Movie Stars
• 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2004)

By era

early film - silent film

By genre

art films - art house - avant-garde film - banned films - blockbuster - comedy - cult film - documentary film - early film - erotic film - experimental film - exploitation film - film noir - gay film - horror film - narrative film - paracinema - postmodern film - ratings - science-fiction film - silent film - slasher film - violent film

By profession

actor - actress - director - distributor - film critic

Theory

film history - film theory - auteur theory - the male gaze - voyeurism and the nature of cinema

By director

see director