Cut-pieces : celluloid obscenity and popular cinema in Bangladesh /

"Imagine watching an action film in a small-town cinema hall in Bangladesh, and in between the gun battles and fistfights a short pornographic clip appears. This is known as a cut-piece, a strip of locally made celluloid pornography surreptitiously spliced into the reels of action films in Bang...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hoek, Lotte
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Series:	South Asia across the disciplines.
Subjects:	Motion pictures in ethnology > Bangladesh. B films > Bangladesh. Bangladesh > Social life and customs. B films. Manners and customs. Motion pictures in ethnology. Bangladesh.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : before Mintu the murderer
Writing gaps : the script of Mintu the murderer
A handheld camera twisted rapidly : the technology of Mintu the murderer
Actress/character : the heroines of Mintu the murderer
Cutting and splicing : the editor and censor of Mintu the murderer
Noise : the public sphere of Mintu the murderer
Unstable celluloid : the exhibition of Mintu the murderer
Conclusion : after Mintu the murderer.