Samplers and Copycats: The Cultural Implications of the Postmodern Slasher in Contemporary American Film

Midway through Jon Amiel's Copycat (1995), the copycat killer transcribes the lyrics to Sting's "Murder by Numbers" on the back of a note he has left for police. Listeners familiar with the song will know that the composition he has chosen to appropriate is one in which Sting pla...

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Autor principal: Tietchen, Todd F. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Verificar disponibilidad: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado: 1998
En: The journal of popular film and television
Año: 1998, Volumen: 26, Número: 3, Páginas: 98-107
(Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar:B Girard, René 1923-2015
Acceso en línea: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Sumario:Midway through Jon Amiel's Copycat (1995), the copycat killer transcribes the lyrics to Sting's "Murder by Numbers" on the back of a note he has left for police. Listeners familiar with the song will know that the composition he has chosen to appropriate is one in which Sting playfully addresses Western society's growing obsession with homicide, offering, among other things, advice on how "to turn a murder into art."
ISSN:1930-6458
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: The journal of popular film and television
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/01956059809602780