Exploitation film

Exploitation films, Exploitative films or trash cinema is the name given to a genre of films, extant since the earliest days of moviemaking, but popularized in the 1970s. Since the 1990s, this genre has also received attention from academic circles, where it is sometimes called paracinema. Exploitation films typically sacrifice traditional notions of artistic merit for the sensational display of some topic about which the audience may be curious, or have some prurient interest. Thematically, exploitation films are influenced by other so-called exploitative media like pulp magazines. Evidence of exploitation films' influence on contemporary cinema is mirrored in films such as Kill Bill by director Quentin Tarantino, who is a declared lover of exploitation cinema.

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Genre of films - 1970s - 1990s - Academic circles - Paracinema - Artistic merit - Sensational display - Prurient interest - Pulp magazine - Kill Bill - Quentin Tarantino

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