{"product_id":"hollywood-haunts-the-world-9781915316370","title":"Hollywood Haunts the World","description":"The secret history of the world can be decoded through film. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Hollywood Haunts the World: An Investigation into the Cinema of Occulted Taboos\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert Guffey deconstructs the most powerful taboos of the twentieth century (and the initial decades of the twenty-first century) by analyzing how disturbing and transgressive ideas involving Theosophy, Gnosticism, Freemasonry, Darwinian Evolution, Surrealism, Freudian and Jungian psychology, race relations, paranoia, UFOs, xenophobia, political conspiracies, the JFK assassination, virtual reality, and alternate dimensions have been reflected in films--both American and foreign--throughout the past one hundred years. \u003cbr\u003ePopular films and TV shows that fall under Robert Guffey's cutting-edge scrutiny include Guillermo del Toro's \u003ci\u003eNightmare Alley\u003c\/i\u003e, Larry Wade Carell's \u003ci\u003eGirl Next\u003c\/i\u003e, Matt Shakman's \u003ci\u003eWandaVision\u003c\/i\u003e, Anthony and Joe Russo's \u003ci\u003eAvengers: Infinity War\u003c\/i\u003e, Scott Derrickson's \u003ci\u003eDr. Strange\u003c\/i\u003e, Steven Spielberg's \u003ci\u003eReady Player One\u003c\/i\u003e, Jennifer Kent's \u003ci\u003eThe Babadook\u003c\/i\u003e, Christopher Nolan's \u003ci\u003eInception\u003c\/i\u003e, Stanley Kubrick's \u003ci\u003eEyes Wide Shut\u003c\/i\u003e, Vince Gilligan's \u003ci\u003eBreaking Bad\u003c\/i\u003e, Oliver Stone's \u003ci\u003eJFK\u003c\/i\u003e, Mark Frost and David Lynch's \u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks\u003c\/i\u003e, John Carpenter's \u003ci\u003eThey Live\u003c\/i\u003e, Alan Pakula's \u003ci\u003eThe Parallax View\u003c\/i\u003e, John Frankenheimer's \u003ci\u003eThe Manchurian Candidate\u003c\/i\u003e, Jack Arnold's \u003ci\u003eIt Came from Outer Space\u003c\/i\u003e, Edgar G. Ulmer's \u003ci\u003eThe Man from Planet X\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert Florey's \u003ci\u003eMurders in the Rue Morgue\u003c\/i\u003e, Buster Keaton's \u003ci\u003eSherlock Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e, and Victor Sjöström's \u003ci\u003eThe Phantom Carriage\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Guffey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Headpress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781915316370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuffey, Robert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eRobert Guffey\u003c\/b\u003e is a lecturer in the Department of English at California State University, Long Beach. His book, \u003ci\u003eOperation Mindf*ck: QAnon \u0026amp; the Cult of Donald Trump\u003c\/i\u003e (OR Books, 2022), was described by Alan Moore as \"jaw-dropping and essential.\" A graduate of the famed Clarion Writers Workshop in Seattle, he has written for numerous publications, among them \u003ci\u003eThe Believer, The Evergreen Review, The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Mailer Review, Postscripts\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Long Beach, California with his wife and daughter.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Robert Guffey \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47449643188381,"sku":"9781915316370","price":47.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_683b6cfc-b568-4250-bf22-792cbb9dd974.jpg?v=1764247708","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/hollywood-haunts-the-world-9781915316370","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}