Ultraviolent Movies Revised [Paperback]

BOUZEREAU (Author), Bouzereau (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2000

"Ultraviolent Movies" explores the public and critical outcry that has met recent films and offers insight into the visions of such directors as Martin Scorcese and Quentin Tarantino.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Almost all the movies included in Laurent Bouzereau's Ultraviolent Movies come from the past 30 years. Covering films ranging from Bonnie and Clyde to A Clockwork Orange, Bad Lieutenant and Hellraiser, the book is divided into seven sections on different genres, including psycho-killers, mafiosi and revenge movies.
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About the Author

Laurent Bouzereau is an author and documentary filmmaker.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Citadel; Rev Upd Su edition (September 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806520450
• ISBN-13: 978-0806520452
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,502,731 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

LAURENT BOUZEREAU is an Award-winning filmmaker and Best-Selling author. In addition to his books on cinema, he has written, directed and produced many documentaries on the making of films by some of the world's most acclaimed directors, including Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Martin Scorsese, Roman Polanski, Brian De Palma, George Lucas, William Friedkin, Peter Bogdanovich and many others. His recent work includes the acclaimed Turner Classic Movies / Amblin TV series A Night at the Movies on the history of film genres, as well as documentaries for the all-new Blu-ray Discs & DVDs of Scarface, Ben-Hur, The Jurassic Park Trilogy, and The Tree of Life. In 2011, Bouzereau directed the feature length documentary, Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir, which premiered at the Zurich Film Festival.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A big waste of time, August 31, 2003

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SPM "scott_maykrantz" (Eugene, Oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ultraviolent Movies Revised (Paperback)

The author summarizes the plots of about a dozen violent movies, then he summarizes the critics' reaction to those movies. That's about it. The interview with Oliver Stone is pointless. If you want to read a really good book on this subject, try The Blood Poets by Jake Horsley.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A must have for the action movie fanatic, June 28, 2003

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Bryan Schingle (Thornton, Colorado United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ultraviolent Movies Revised (Paperback)

A lot can be said for this book, but I'll try to keep it short.

First, the cons. This book can be a bit dry. It takes a genre (i.e. Law and Order for police movies), then it will choose several films from this genre and discuss what the movie was about, why critics either hated it or liked it. Some movies even get a section on any particularly famous, gory scenes within. Another thing that I didn't particularly care for was that it included several horror films that weren't particularly violent. Psycho, which has a relatively low body count when compared with Friday the 13th, etc. Of course, Psycho was included because it was directed by the master Alfred Hitchcock, but doesn't seem ultra-violent.

The best thing about this book is that it shows how violence has progressed in movies, starting with Bonnie and Clyde, all the way through RoboCop (one of the bloodiest action movies ever made in my opinion). Many well known movies are discussed (Dirty Harry, Clockwork Orange), as well as some smaller, lesser-known movies (Walking Tall).

The pros far outwiegh the cons. For any one who lies their movies full of Desert Eagle handguns, this book is for you.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a sick but jovial book..., May 22, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Ultraviolent Movies Revised (Paperback)

And anytime an author can make gore an exciting and interesting element, then he's done his job. DEATH WISH, WALKING TALL, TAXI DRIVER, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, and more. Buy it and be disgusted [...] and just enjoy!