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1028884
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b783254
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Rubin, Martin,1947-
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Thrillers /\ Martin Rubin.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, UK ;New York, NY, USA :: Cambridge University Press,, 1999.
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| Series Statement
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Genres in American cinema
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xiv, 319 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0521581834
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: 0521588391
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: 9780521581837
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: 9780521588393
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Filmography: pages 287-300.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-286) and index.
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| Contents
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pt. I. Approaches. 1. Introduction. 2. Critical Overview. Charles Derry, Ralph Harper, Jerry Palmer: Thrillers in General. G.K. Chesterton: The Transformed City. Northrop Frye: Heroic Romance and the Low-Mimetic Mode. John G. Cawelti: The Exotic. W.H. Matthews: Mazes and Labyrinths. Pascal Bonitzer: Partial Vision. Lars Ole Sauerberg: Concealment and Protraction. Noel Carroll: The Question-Answer Model -- pt. II. Historical Overview. 3. Formative Period. Precinematic Forerunners: Fiction, Melodrama, Amusement Parks. Attraction Films and Chase Films. D.W. Griffith and the Rise of Narrative Film. Evolution of the American Serial. Louis Feuillade and the French Serial. Fritz Lang and the Thriller Metropolis. German Expressionism. Harold Lloyd and the Comedy of Thrills. Monsters of the Early 1930s. 4. Classical Period. Alfred Hitchcock and the Rise of the Spy Film. Detective Films of the 1940s. Film Noir. Semidocumentary Crime Films. Anticommunist Spy Films. The Flawed-Cop Cycle. Syndicate-Gangster Films. Science-Fiction Thrillers and Monster Movies. Hitchcock's Golden Period. 5. Modern Period. European Influences, American Censorship, and Heist Films. The French New Wave. James Bond in the 1960s. Mock-Bond and Anti-Bond. Supercops. Black Action Films. Revisionist Thrillers. Conspiracies and Other Disasters. Splatter. Stalkers. Neo-Noir -- pt. III. Film Analyses. 6. The Detective Thriller: The Kennel Murder Case (1933), The Big Sleep (1946). 7. The Psychological Crime Thriller: Strangers on a Train (1951). 8. The Spy Thriller: Man Hunt (1941). 9. The Police Thriller: The French Connection (1971). 10. Conclusion. Categorization. Hybridization. Emotionalization. Contextualization.
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"Thrillers provides the first comprehensive, in-depth treatment of the movie thriller, from silent serials to stalker films, from Alfred Hitchcock to Quentin Tarantino, from The Great Train Robbery to L.A. Confidential. Martin Rubin's accessible, wide-ranging volume - designed to appeal to students and general filmgoers alike - shows how this visceral, supercharged genre has employed suspense, speed, and sensation to keep us on the edge of our seats throughout a century of American cinema."--Jacket.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)-- History and criticism.
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Films de détective-- Histoire et critique.
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Films d'espionnage-- Histoire et critique.
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Films policiers-- Histoire et critique.
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Suspense au cinéma.
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Mystery films-- History and criticism.
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Thriller
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)-- History and criticism.
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Film.
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Films.
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Thrillers.
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| Dewey Classification
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791.43/6
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| LC Classification
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PN1995.9.S87R83 1999
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24.34bcl
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