Focusing on ten films that span the range of the twentieth century, Thomas Leitch traces the transformation of three figures common to all crime films: the criminal, the victim and the avenger. He shows how the distinctions among them become blurred throughout the course of the century, reflecting and fostering a deep social ambivalence towards crime and criminals. The criminal, victim and avenger characters effectively map the shifting relations between subgenres (such as the erotic thriller and the police film) within the larger genre of crime film.
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"Leitch makes his case, and provides a structure through which any crime film--and, really, any film with a criminal, victim, and avenger--can be studied. Such a structure is never more valuable than now." Erik Lundegaard, Film Quarterly
"No film critic writes more clearly, in a style unencumbered by jargon. Even the photo captions are unusually perceptive and amusing. Highly recommended." Choice
"No film critic writes more clearly, in a style unencumbered by jargon. Even the photo captions are unusually perceptive and amusing. Highly recommended." Choice
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Focusing on ten films that span the range of the 20th century, Thomas Leitch traces the transformation of three figures common to all crime films: the criminal, the victim and the avenger. He shows how the distinctions among them become blurred throughout the course of the century, reflecting and fostering a deep social ambivalence towards crime and criminals. The criminal, victim and avenger characters effectively map the shifting relations between subgenres, such as the erotic thriller and the police film, within the larger genre of crime film.
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The crime film is the most enduringly popular of all Hollywood genres, the only kind of film that has never once been out of fashion since the dawn of the sound era seventy years ago. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
silent crime films, crime subgenres, letterboxed versions, additional supplementary material, unofficial detective, lawyer heroes, police films, onscreen violence, crime comedies, lawyer films, crime comedy, police heroes, institutional justice, caper films, erotic thrillers, film noir, crime movies, victim films, gangster film, crime genre, detective film, criminal plots, big heat, fatal woman, audio commentary Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Double Indemnity, Orient Express, Sherlock Holmes, Body Heat, Kiss Me Deadly, Basic Instinct, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Alfred Hitchcock, New York, Production Code, Some Like It Hot, The Big Sleep, The Public Enemy, The Untouchables, Perry Mason, Pulp Fiction, The Asphalt Jungle, Tony Camonte, Agatha Christie, Dirty Harry, Hays Office, Humphrey Bogart, John Grisham, Philip Marlowe New!
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The crime film is the most enduringly popular of all Hollywood genres, the only kind of film that has never once been out of fashion since the dawn of the sound era seventy years ago. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
silent crime films, crime subgenres, letterboxed versions, additional supplementary material, unofficial detective, lawyer heroes, police films, onscreen violence, crime comedies, lawyer films, crime comedy, police heroes, institutional justice, caper films, erotic thrillers, film noir, crime movies, victim films, gangster film, crime genre, detective film, criminal plots, big heat, fatal woman, audio commentary Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Double Indemnity, Orient Express, Sherlock Holmes, Body Heat, Kiss Me Deadly, Basic Instinct, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Alfred Hitchcock, New York, Production Code, Some Like It Hot, The Big Sleep, The Public Enemy, The Untouchables, Perry Mason, Pulp Fiction, The Asphalt Jungle, Tony Camonte, Agatha Christie, Dirty Harry, Hays Office, Humphrey Bogart, John Grisham, Philip Marlowe New!
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- Genre, Gender, Race, and World Cinema by Julie Codell in Front Matter
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