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| 서명/저자사항 | Pleading the blood : Bill Gunn's Ganja & Hess/ Christopher Sieving. |
| 개인저자 | Sieving, Christopher,author. |
| 형태사항 | 1 online resource (x 287 pages): color illustrations. |
| 총서사항 | Studies in the cinema of the Black diaspora |
| 기타형태 저록 | Print version: Sieving, Christopher. Pleading the blood Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2022] 9780253059208 |
| ISBN | 9780253059185 0253059186 9780253059192 0253059194 |
| 서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 내용주기 | Ganja & Hess: credits -- Awakening: Kelly-Jordan enterprises and the black movie boom -- Vision: Bill Gunn and the black man apart -- Creation: the making of Ganja & Hess -- Judgement: the reception and revival of Ganja & Hess -- Resurrection: Ganja & Hess's life after death -- Ganja & Hess after Gunn, Gunn after Ganja & Hess. |
| 요약 | "The definitive look at one of the most important Black art films and original filmmakers of the 1970s. Bill Gunn's Ganja & Hess (1973) has across the decades attained a sizable cult following among African American cinema devotees, art house aficionados, and horror fans, thanks to its formal complexity and rich allegory. Pleading the Blood is the first full-length study of this cult classic. Ganja & Hess was withdrawn almost immediately after its New York premiere by its distributor because Gunn's poetic re-fashioning of the vampire genre allegedly failed to satisfy the firm's desire for a by-the-numbers "blaxploitation" horror flick for quick sell-off in the urban market. Its current status as one of the classic works of African American cinema has recently been confirmed by the Blu-ray release of its restored version, by its continued success in screenings at repertory houses, museums, and universities, and by an official remake, Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014), directed by Spike Lee, one of the original picture's longtime champions. Pleading the Blood draws on Gunn's archived papers, screenplay drafts, and storyboards, as well as interviews with the living major creative participants to offer a comprehensive, absorbing account of the influential movie and its highly original filmmaker"-- |
| 해제 | Provided by publisher. |
| 주제명(개인명) | Gunn, Bill,1934-1989 -- Criticism and interpretation. Gunn, Bill,1934-1989. -- fast -- |
| 주제명 (통일서명) | Ganja & Hess (Motion picture : 1973) |
| 주제명(지명) | United States. --fast |
| 일반주제명 | Vampire films --History and criticism. African Americans in motion pictures. African Americans in the motion picture industry. Motion pictures --United States --History --20th century. African Americans in motion pictures. African Americans in the motion picture industry. Motion pictures. Vampire films. PERFORMING ARTS / Individual Director |
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