{"product_id":"9780230296701","title":"Straw Dogs","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eSimkin, Stevie\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRed Globe Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e09\/12\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003eSam Peckinpah's \u003ci\u003eStraw Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e ignited fierce debate among censors, critics and audiences on both sides of the Atlantic on its release in 1971. When Amy (Susan George) returns to her home village with her American peacenik husband David (Dustin Hoffman), the residents of this tight-knit Cornish community slowly turn on them. The sexual tension and latent violence finally erupt in an explosion of violence that includes a rape scene that has remained controversial to this day. The film was heavily cut for theatrical release in the US, and the pressinspired furore in the UK led to several local councils cutting or banning it outright. Later, caught in the wake of the 'video nasties' panic of the 1980s, \u003ci\u003eStraw Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e was refused a home-video certificate in the UK for nearly twenty years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStevie Simkin's study sheds light on the film's treatment by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) and tracks its subsequent tortuous journey towards home-video release, buffeted by various shifts in the BBFC's policy on representations of sexual violence. But, equally importantly, Simkin provides a highly original accountof themaking of the film, drawing on extensive research in Peckinpah's archive, including analysis of draft scripts, notes, memos and contemporary press items, as well as insights from a number of Peckinpah's associates, and key figures at the BBFC.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A swift, compelling read. Thorough and scholarly without the faintest whiff of academic stuffiness, Stevie Simkin's study of \u003ci\u003eStraw Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e summons up the turmoil of the 1960s and 70s and illuminates the highly charged subject of sexual violence on film.'\u003cbr\u003eStephen Farber, Film Critic, \u003ci\u003eThe Hollywood Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStevie Simkin is Reader in Drama and Film at the University of Winchester, UK. He is the author of, among other works, \u003ci\u003eRevenge Tragedy: A New Casebook\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), \u003ci\u003eEarly Modern Tragedy and the Cinema of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), and, also in the \u003ci\u003eControversies\u003c\/i\u003e series, a volume on \u003ci\u003eBasic Instinct\u003c\/i\u003e (forthcoming, 2013).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Globe Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44222259724543,"sku":"9780230296701","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/getimage_133d9b2c-e123-4bf6-b9a0-496d0efc73ad.jpg?v=1706101145","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780230296701","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}