{"product_id":"sound-and-horror-in-the-giallo-film","title":"Sound and Horror in the Giallo Film","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Italian giallo was a sleazy, violent, and stylistically baroque form of horror film that was produced in the hundreds from the 1960s to the 1980s. \u003ci\u003eSound and Horror in the Giallo Film\u003c\/i\u003e listens closely to these films, asking how their soundtracks and their use of the human voice can help us understand the giallo's significance at a time when Italy was undergoing profound postwar social, economic, political, and cultural change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout the history of Italian cinema, soundtracks have been a site of concerted and sustained intervention by political and economic forces. In \u003ci\u003eSound and Horror in the Giallo Film\u003c\/i\u003e, author Damien Pollard argues that, because the giallo film pushed the boundaries of film form while also touting unapologetic commercialism, the voices on its soundtracks were both aesthetically exaggerated and directly shaped by commercial imperatives, which were influenced by Italy's turbulent postwar years. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing case studies of several well-known giallo films, including\u003ci\u003e The Girl Who Knew Too Much\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bird with the Crystal Plumage\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTenebrae\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Sound and Horror in the Giallo Film \u003c\/i\u003eis an original analysis that reveals how the cinematic voice binds film and history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Damien Pollard","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47284700578028,"sku":"9780253073907","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47284700610796,"sku":"9780253073914","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780253073907.jpg?v=1770390466","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/sound-and-horror-in-the-giallo-film","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}