{"product_id":"american-twilight-kristopher-woofter-9781477329467","title":"American Twilight: The Cinema of Tobe Hooper","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA master of gritty horror, Tobe Hooper captured on-screen an America in constant crisis and upended myths of prosperity to reveal the country's internal decay.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tobe Hooper's productions, which often trespassed upon the safety of the family unit, cast a critical eye toward an America in crisis. Often dismissed by scholars and critics as a one-hit wonder thanks to his 1974 horror classic \u003ci\u003eThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre, \u003c\/i\u003e Hooper nevertheless was instrumental in the development of a robust and deeply political horror genre from the 1960s until his death in 2017. In \u003ci\u003eAmerican Twilight\u003c\/i\u003e, the authors assert that the director was an auteur whose works featured complex monsters and disrupted America's sacrosanct perceptions of prosperity and domestic security. \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Twilight\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the skepticism toward American institutions and media and the articulation of uncanny spaces so integral to Hooper's vast array of feature and documentary films, made-for-television movies, television episodes, and music videos. From \u003ci\u003eEgg Shells\u003c\/i\u003e (1969) to \u003ci\u003ePoltergeist\u003c\/i\u003e (1982), \u003ci\u003eDjinn\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), and even Billy Idol's music video for \"Dancing with Myself\" (1985), Tobe Hooper provided a singular directorial vision that investigated masculine anxiety and subverted the idea of American exceptionalism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kristopher Woofter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477329463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477329467\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Kristopher Woofter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45331927236863,"sku":"9781477329467","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4774755f-a650-43f6-a43a-21082af3308d.jpg?v=1713971261","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-twilight-kristopher-woofter-9781477329467","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}