EUROPEAN GENRE CINEMA 4 - PIOTR KLETOWSKI

Discover the fascinating world of European genre cinema in the fourth volume of the series, which presents phenomena previously overlooked or barely touched upon in film studies research. This book, created by professional film scholars and genre cinema enthusiasts, is a unique source of knowledge about exploitation cinema and its impact on contemporary filmmakers. Immerse yourself in the analyses of films such as Nazisploitation, Sexploitation, Nazi-esoteric films, folk horror, and monographs on the works of Lucio Fulci and Uwe Boll. This is a must-read for anyone who wants to delve into the secrets of European genre cinema.

• Exploitation cinema as an important phenomenon in European genre cinema
• Inspirations for arthouse filmmakers drawn from exploitation cinema
• Analyses of phenomena such as Nazisploitation and Sexploitation
• Monographs on the works of Lucio Fulci and Uwe Boll
• Collaboration of professional film scholars and genre cinema enthusiasts
• Open Source Knowledge program as a platform for knowledge exchange
• Descriptions of phenomena previously overlooked in film studies research

European Genre Cinema is a series that has gained recognition among both academics and cinema enthusiasts. The fourth volume continues the previous ones, supplementing the topics contained therein and offering a new, valuable perspective on exploitation cinema. This book can be regarded as a knowledge-rich lexicon, in which the issues of exploitation cinema in its various forms and genres, as well as the personalities of researchers - authors and co-authors of individual chapters - are clearly highlighted.

Dr. habil. Piotr Kletowski, Prof. at the Jagiellonian University, is an assistant professor at the Department of Korea, Institute of the Middle and Far East. He is a cultural scholar and film scholar, a researcher of non-obvious cinema. He is the author of monographs on creators of separate worlds of world cinema such as Takeshi Kitano, Stanley Kubrick, and Pier Paolo Pasolini. He also co-created interviews with masters of Polish cinema - Andrzej Żuławski, Grzegorz Królikiewicz, and Piotr Szulkin. He is the editor of the bestseller 1000 Films That Make Cinema History (2020), which was awarded the PISF award for the best publication on film topics. He edits the European Genre Cinema series (WUJ 2017-2023) and is preparing the V volume of the series.

The Jagiellonian University Publishing House is handing over to readers another publication that will surely interest both film students and all cinema enthusiasts. This book is a valuable source of knowledge about European genre cinema, as well as an inspiration for further research and analysis. Thanks to the collaboration of professional film scholars and cinema enthusiasts, this publication combines scientific reliability with passion and commitment, which makes it an extremely valuable and interesting read.