The Extreme Cinema of Eastern Europe

Rape, Art, (S)Exploitation

Anna Batori

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Edinburgh University Press
01 August 2025

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The Extreme Cinema of Eastern Europe examines extreme, transgressive cinema which developed following a post-2000 wave in filmmaking that aestheticised violence on audio-visual, narrative and thematic levels. Batori investigates the ways in which contemporary national trends from within Eastern Europe correspond to the global stream of transgressive filmmaking and shock aesthetics that have become the dominant markers of world cinema. Do these art productions intend to reveal and criticise aggressions in domestic landscapes or are they part of a contemporary global visual discourse? With a specific focus on gender, this book highlights both nation-specific features of these films and their relationship to global extreme art films.

By: Anna Batori
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781474448338
ISBN 10: 147444833X
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 01 August 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Anna Batori is an Associate Professor in Film Studies at the University of Theatre and Film, Budapest.

Reviews for The Extreme Cinema of Eastern Europe: Rape, Art, (S)Exploitation

In this unparalleled and timely contribution to studies of East European cinema, Batori brings an interdisciplinary analysis to films that range from the Yugoslav Black Wave to contemporary examples of extreme cinema in which gendered representations of violence, torture and rape are symbolic of the region's own troubled relationship to its histories.--Aniko Imre, University of Southern California This is a stellar study but the subject matter is not for the faint of heart [...] exploring the ""genre"" of extreme cinema as it has emerged in the past 50 years in Eastern Europe. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals.--G. R. Butters Jr. ""CHOICE""