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"Bold! Daring! Shocking! True!"
a history of exploitation films, 1919-1959
By Schaefer, Eric
- ISBN
- 978-0-82232-374-7
- Publisher
- Durham : Duke University Press, 1999.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 1999
The "classic" exploitation film of the silent to postwar eras was made cheaply with glaringly poor production values by a small independent firm, was independently distributed and usually shown in theaters not affiliated with the majors, and generally featured a forbidden topic. The genre was created when the major studios began to realize th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
