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3.56 AVERAGE
3.56 AVERAGE
O livro é bem legal, mas não é pra mim.
Ele analisa tudo que existe de conto de horror/terror em todas as midias possiveis, radio - tv - cinema.
As coisas legais são o toque de autobiografia do própio Stephen King, o que me levou a ler esse livro foi esse quote:
"Disciplina e trabalho constante são as pedras de amolar sobre as quais as facas cega do talento é trabalhada até ficar afiada o suficiente"
Esse quote nada mais é que o Stephen King falando que talento é super-valorizado.
Se você é fã de filmes de horror que foram lançados entre 50 e 80 vai gostar desse livro, se você está pensando em escrever um historia de terror/horror também é interessante.
Ele analisa tudo que existe de conto de horror/terror em todas as midias possiveis, radio - tv - cinema.
As coisas legais são o toque de autobiografia do própio Stephen King, o que me levou a ler esse livro foi esse quote:
"Disciplina e trabalho constante são as pedras de amolar sobre as quais as facas cega do talento é trabalhada até ficar afiada o suficiente"
Esse quote nada mais é que o Stephen King falando que talento é super-valorizado.
Se você é fã de filmes de horror que foram lançados entre 50 e 80 vai gostar desse livro, se você está pensando em escrever um historia de terror/horror também é interessante.
Originally published in 1981. A little bit dated, but a good overview of horror movies and literature from the 50s-70s. I found a few things I'd overlooked before.
funny
informative
medium-paced
I don't generally do well with non-fiction, but I decided to give this a go anyway because Stephen King always gets a pass. And obviously, it took me forever to trudge through.
Stephen, don't take it as an insult that you only got 3 stars, you're still my favorite.
"Danse Macabre" is really about the genre of Horror itself. And not just about writing horror, but also television and film. Obviously this subject interests me, if you know me. However, King's novel was published in 1981, the year I was born. So many of the works discussed in the book are ... well, irrelevant to our time period. Of course some were familiar, especially classic novels and movies. I found myself wondering what King would have to say about today's horror culture and how it has evolved in the past 33 years, especially in television and film (hey, Steve, how about a Danse Macabre sequel?)
So with that in mind, I did find myself feeling a little out of place. Or, out of time, really. A generational gap truly existed between myself and some of the topics. Which, I didn't hold against him. In fact, I'm pretty thrilled about the big list of movies I now plan to add to my Netflix queue.
But, some spots lagged, some spots bored, some spots... I don't even remember reading. I perked up here and there, maybe things I especially agreed with? Pages and quotes I purposely marked? But I had to force myself to sit down today and finish the ending.
But I will leave you with a couple quotes that really stuck out for me...
"And whenever I run into someone who expresses a feeling along the lines of, "I don't read fantasy or go to any of those movies; none of it's real," I feel a kind of sympathy. They simply can't lift the weight of fantasy. The muscles of the imagination have grown too weak."
"Omega, the horror film sings in those children's voices. Here is the end. Yet the ultimate subtext that underlies all good horror films is, But not yet. Not this time. Because in the final sense, the horror movie is the celebration of those who feel they can examine death because it does not yet live in their own hearts."
Stephen, don't take it as an insult that you only got 3 stars, you're still my favorite.
"Danse Macabre" is really about the genre of Horror itself. And not just about writing horror, but also television and film. Obviously this subject interests me, if you know me. However, King's novel was published in 1981, the year I was born. So many of the works discussed in the book are ... well, irrelevant to our time period. Of course some were familiar, especially classic novels and movies. I found myself wondering what King would have to say about today's horror culture and how it has evolved in the past 33 years, especially in television and film (hey, Steve, how about a Danse Macabre sequel?)
So with that in mind, I did find myself feeling a little out of place. Or, out of time, really. A generational gap truly existed between myself and some of the topics. Which, I didn't hold against him. In fact, I'm pretty thrilled about the big list of movies I now plan to add to my Netflix queue.
But, some spots lagged, some spots bored, some spots... I don't even remember reading. I perked up here and there, maybe things I especially agreed with? Pages and quotes I purposely marked? But I had to force myself to sit down today and finish the ending.
But I will leave you with a couple quotes that really stuck out for me...
"And whenever I run into someone who expresses a feeling along the lines of, "I don't read fantasy or go to any of those movies; none of it's real," I feel a kind of sympathy. They simply can't lift the weight of fantasy. The muscles of the imagination have grown too weak."
"Omega, the horror film sings in those children's voices. Here is the end. Yet the ultimate subtext that underlies all good horror films is, But not yet. Not this time. Because in the final sense, the horror movie is the celebration of those who feel they can examine death because it does not yet live in their own hearts."
A snapshot of horror in history. I simply cannot give this book five stars because, for most of it, I was bored to tears, and that is coming from a massive horror fan. I loved King's exploration of certain movies, television, and books but some of this book was just dragging on and on and I needed it to move on to the next point. I like the period of time this book discusses as it is before I was born and so it was very interesting to read about what King believed to be the popular stories at the time (some still popular and others I'd never heard of). I did have to keep reminding myself of the book's publication date and that modern horror would not be discussed. There is an essay written by King in the 2000s about more modern horror and I felt myself very much grasped by that passage. I will say I think my favorite moments of this book are the personal stories that are few and far between but are still within the book. I liked learning about the horror of those times, but the book was slow and this type of nonfiction is not usually what I gravitate towards.
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
adventurous
dark
funny
reflective
fast-paced
Wir lieben uns brauchen das Konzept der Monstrosität, weil es eine Bestätigung der Ordnung ist, nach der wir uns als Menschen alle sehnen.
Das Wichtigste vorweg: King schreibt sehr unterhaltsam. Locker und leicht entführt er uns auf einem Tanz durch das Horrorgenre der letzten 80 Jahre. Und das mit nichts anderem als Liebe, jede Seite schreit danach, dass dieser Mann Horror aus ganzer Seele liebt, von den Klassikern wie Frankenstein bis zum letzten Z-Movie, von dem er nicht ohne Zuneigung sagt: "Ich will keine Lanze für schlechte Filme brechen, aber wenn man zwanzig Jahre Horrorfilme angesehen und im Dreck der B-Filme nach Diamanten (oder wenigstens Diamantensplittern) gesucht hat, wird einem klar, dass man verloren ist, wenn man sich seinen Humor nicht bewährt." So gesehen ist dieses Buch ein fantastischer Tanz durch den Horror, wirklich ein Danse macabre!
Was ich bei all dem Lob aber nicht vergessen darf, ist die kleine Doppelmoral, die aus jedem Kapitel schreit. King schimpft unglaublich auf die Wissenschaft und an vielen Punkten kann ich das, besonders mit Blick darauf, dass das Buch in den 80gern entstanden ist, verstehen. Wären die Pop Literatur in den letzten 20 Jahren aus dem Sumpf gezogen wurde, hingen die 80ger wirklich sklavisch an ihrem Kanon. Ein Buch über Horrorfilme? Undenkbar! Allerdings geht King so weit zu sagen, dass sich jede Form vom Klassifizierung und Definition deshalb so oder so erübrigen würde - nur um dann auf der nächsten Seite Definitionen und Klassifizierungen aufzustellen, die in dieser Weise auch in anderen Monographien genutzt werden. Mhm. Vielleicht hätte man sich die Feindseligkeit davor sparen können. Auch diese subtile Feindseligkeit gegenüber, wie er es nennt "anderen Formen der Fantasy" (?). Hey! Mr. King! Wir sitzen alle in einem Boot, wir Fans der billigen Fantasy, wir wollen genauso ernst genommen werden wie der Horror!
Insgesamt empfehlen ich das Buch allen Fans des Macabren aber sehr.
dark
funny
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced