The Maltese Falcon to Body of Lies : Spies, Noirs, and Trust.
Title:
The Maltese Falcon to Body of Lies : Spies, Noirs, and Trust.
Author:
von Hallberg, Robert.
ISBN:
9780826351623
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (233 pages)
Series:
Recencies Series: Research and Recovery in Twentieth-Century American Poetics
Contents:
Front Cover -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I: Noirs -- 1: Work -- 2: Trust -- 3: Alone -- 4: Men You Can Trust -- 5: Women You Can't -- 6: Quick Change -- PART II: Spies -- 7: State Service -- 8: Privacy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
Examining twenty-eight great noir films from the earliest examples of the genre, including The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, and Out of the Past, to such twenty-first-century spy films as The Good Shepherd, Syriana, and The Bourne Ultimatum, this study explores the representations of trust and commitment that noir and spy films propose.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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