Introspective Realist Crime Film

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

This book explores the formal and thematic conventions of crime film, the contexts in which these have flourished and their links with the social issues of a globalized world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-06-23
Mått:148 x 210 x 19 mm
Vikt:408 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:207
Upplaga:16001
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137496522

Utforska kategorier

Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Film inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Luis M. García-Mainar is Associate Professor in Film Studies at the Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain). He is the author of Clint Eastwood: de actor a autor (2006) and his work has appeared in, among other journals, Screening the Past, CineAction and Journal of Film and Video.

Innehållsförteckning

List of Illustrations.- Acknowledgements.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Introspective Realist Crime Film.- 3. The Context of the Introspective Realist Crime Film.- 4. Pictorial Realism and Introspection.- 5. A Documentary Aesthetic of Helplessness.- 6. Postcards of Sympathy from the Periphery.- 7. Complex Narrative and Social Melodrama.- 8. Conclusion.-