Brian Brems is professor of film at the College of DuPage.

Walter Hill’s sharp, intelligent dynamic films have been a cult item among cinephiles and connoisseurs since the 1970s. Brian Brems expands this appreciation through an exhaustive comparative approach, illuminating the roots of Hill’s cinema in genre (noir, Western, musical), other filmmakers (Hawks, Peckinpah, Kurosawa), and contemporary cultural trends.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: The Action ManChapter 2: The Wild, The Hawks, and The WarriorsChapter 3: Soldiers of (Mis)FortuneChapter 4: Black and WhiteChapter 5: Down These Streets of FireChapter 6: Black vs. WhiteChapter 7: Last Men StandingChapter 8: Partners in CrimeConclusion: Terminate with Extreme PrejudiceWorks CitedAbout the Author

Brian Brems is professor of film at the College of DuPage.

Walter Hill’s sharp, intelligent dynamic films have been a cult item among cinephiles and connoisseurs since the 1970s. Brian Brems expands this appreciation through an exhaustive comparative approach, illuminating the roots of Hill’s cinema in genre (noir, Western, musical), other filmmakers (Hawks, Peckinpah, Kurosawa), and contemporary cultural trends.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: The Action ManChapter 2: The Wild, The Hawks, and The WarriorsChapter 3: Soldiers of (Mis)FortuneChapter 4: Black and WhiteChapter 5: Down These Streets of FireChapter 6: Black vs. WhiteChapter 7: Last Men StandingChapter 8: Partners in CrimeConclusion: Terminate with Extreme PrejudiceWorks CitedAbout the Author

Brian Brems is professor of film at the College of DuPage.

Walter Hill’s sharp, intelligent dynamic films have been a cult item among cinephiles and connoisseurs since the 1970s. Brian Brems expands this appreciation through an exhaustive comparative approach, illuminating the roots of Hill’s cinema in genre (noir, Western, musical), other filmmakers (Hawks, Peckinpah, Kurosawa), and contemporary cultural trends.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: The Action ManChapter 2: The Wild, The Hawks, and The WarriorsChapter 3: Soldiers of (Mis)FortuneChapter 4: Black and WhiteChapter 5: Down These Streets of FireChapter 6: Black vs. WhiteChapter 7: Last Men StandingChapter 8: Partners in CrimeConclusion: Terminate with Extreme PrejudiceWorks CitedAbout the Author