States of Danger and Deceit

Rachel Hayward is Head of Film Strategy at HOME, ManchesterEllen Smith is a freelance film writer, programmer and educatorAndy Willis is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Salford and Senior Visiting Curator: Film at HOME, Manchester

• Introduction States of Danger and Deceit: European political thrillers in the 1970s. A HOME film dossier – Rachel Hayward, Ellen Smith and Andy Willis1. Creating a Major Film Season at HOME. Reflections on putting together States of Danger and Deceit: European Political Thrillers in the 1970s – Andy Willis2. France: May ’68 and the Political Thriller - Andy Willis3. Costa-Gavras, Jorge Semprún and Yves Montand: Creating a model for a ‘commercial’ political cinema - Andy Willis4. State of Siege (État de siège), Costa-Gavras, 1973 - Andy Willis5. L'Attentat (Plot), Yves Boisset, 1972 - Andy Willis6. Special Section (Costa-Gavras, 1975) Rachel Hayward7. The Political Thriller in the Context of Italian Cinema - Andy Willis8. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto), Elio Petri, 1970 - Ellen Smith9. Killer Cop (La polizia ha le mani legate), Luciano Ercoli, 1975 - MaoHui Deng10. West Germany: terrorism on the doorstep - Andy Willis 11. Neither Intentional nor Accidental, but Unavoidable: The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum - Jason Wood 12. Where the Political Thriller was Less Prevalent – Andy Willis13. Operación Ogro (Ogro), Gillo Pontecorvo, 1979 - Fraser Elliott 14. Die Flucht (The Flight), Roland Graf, 1977 - Declan Clarke 15. Days of ‘36 (Meres tou '36), Theo Angelopoulos, 1972 - Eleftheria Rania Kosmidou16. Who Is The Man on the Roof? - Roy Stafford 17. The Legacy of the 1970s European Political Thriller – Andy Willis18. The Season: Films screened as part of States of Danger and Deceit Index