The Cinema of David Cronenberg: From Baron of Blood to Cultural Hero

by Ernest Mathijs

Book Overview

David Cronenberg as moved from the depths of low-budget exploitation horror to become one of North America's most respected movie directors. Since the early 1970s, the soft-spoken 'Baron of Blood' has attracted widespread controversies with a steady stream of shocks - sec-crazed parasites in Shivers (1975), exploding heads in Scanners (1981), revolutionary flesh technology in Videodrome (1983), mutating bugs in The Fly (1986), car crash scars in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1905674651
• ISBN13: 9781905674657
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Wallflower Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher