The speed of the VCR: Ti West's slow horror.

The article discusses horror film "The House of the Devil" by Ti West, and also mentions the role of the speed of video cassette recorder (VCR) in motion pictures. It mentions director acknowledges his frustration with genre cinema's routine and formulaic limits. It also mentions notion of cinematic...

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Publicado en:Screen Vol. 59; no. 1; pp. 41 - 59
Autor principal: Davis, Glyn
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Spring2018
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Sumario:The article discusses horror film "The House of the Devil" by Ti West, and also mentions the role of the speed of video cassette recorder (VCR) in motion pictures. It mentions director acknowledges his frustration with genre cinema's routine and formulaic limits. It also mentions notion of cinematic slowness and the emergence of ‘slow cinema' as an object of analysis.