Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxviii, 236 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
Also available in print
ISBN:
0857711733
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1429453656
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1845112199
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1282750569
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9781845112196
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9780755695768
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9781429453653
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9781282750562
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9780857711731
Content:
Crime movies inhabit dark and desperate worlds, yet they account for many of Hollywood's most triumphant successes. In full acknowledgement of this achievement, "Crime Wave" offers an authoritative and informative, stimulating and entertaining guide to the crime movie phenomenon, from its early days to the present, charting its history and celebrating the people who have given it a special and enduring place in cinema goers' affections. Chapters focus on landmark Hollywood films - from 1931's "The Public Enemy", through "The Maltese Falcon", "Point Blank."
Content:
Cover13; -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Criminal Record: An Introduction to Crime Movies -- Crime Wave Top Tens -- 1. 'I ain't so tough' -- The Public Enemy (1931) -- 2. 'Just rushing towards death' -- High Sierra (1941) -- 3. 'The shortest farewells are best' -- The Maltese Falcon (1941)' -- 4. 'Made it Ma! Top of the world!' -- White Heat (1949) -- 5. 'If you want fresh air, don't look for it in this town' -- The Asphalt Jungle (1950) -- 6. 'The liar's kiss that says I love you' -- Kiss Me Deadly (1955) -- 7. 'First is first and second is nobody' -- The Big Combo (1955) -- 8. 'Somebody's got to pay' -- Point Blank (1967) -- 9. 'We ain't heading nowhere, we're just running from' -- Bonnie and Clyde (1967) -- 10. 'We have all the time in the world' -- On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) -- 11. 'I'm visiting relatives ... a death in the family' -- Get Carter (1971)' -- 12. 'We're all on the hustle' -- Shaft (1971)' -- 13. 'Do I feel lucky?' -- Dirty Harry (1971) -- 14. 'I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse' -- The Godfather (1972) -- 15. 'Forget it, Jake, it's ... ' -- Chinatown (1974) -- 16. 'Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer' -- The Godfather Part II (1974) -- 17. 'Fat Moe's bone-yard boys' -- Once Upon a Time in America (1984) -- 18. 'There's no more heroes left in the world' -- Lethal Weapon (1987) -- 19. 'I always wanted to be a gangster' -- Good Fellas (1990) -- 20. 'Mon amour ... l'aventure commence' -- Pulp Fiction (1994) -- 21. 'Off the record, on the QT and very hush-hush' -- L.A. Confidential (1997) -- 22. 'You're either in or you're out' -- Ocena's Eleven (2001) -- Crimography: the Crime Wave Filmography -- Bibliography and Sources -- Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-224) and index
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Also available in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1845112199
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781845112
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Hughes, Howard Crime wave London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : Distributed by Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 ISBN 1845112199
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781845112
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9780755695768
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