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Sound and Horror in the Giallo Film
Sound and Horror in the Giallo Film

    Sound and Horror in the Giallo Film - Paperback

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    by Damien Pollard (Author)

    The 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. Sound and Horror in the Giallo Film 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.

    Throughout the history of Italian cinema, soundtracks have been a site of concerted and sustained intervention by political and economic forces. In Sound and Horror in the Giallo Film, 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.

    Featuring case studies of several well-known giallo films, including The Girl Who Knew Too Much, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, and Tenebrae, Sound and Horror in the Giallo Film is an original analysis that reveals how the cinematic voice binds film and history.

    Author Biography

    Damien Pollard is Lecturer in Film at Northumbria University. He is editor (with Edward Bowen) of Film Exhibition: The Italian Context.

    Number of Pages: 186
    Dimensions: 0.43 x 9 x 6 IN
    Illustrated: Yes
    Publication Date: November 03, 2025
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