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OverviewThis book explores the formal and thematic conventions of crime film, the contexts in which these have flourished and their links with the social issues of a globalized world. The crime film has traditionally been identified with suspense, a heterogeneous aesthetic and a tacit social mind. However, a good number of the crime films produced since the early 2000s have shifted their focus from action or suspense and towards melodrama in narratives that highlight the social dimension of crime, intensify their realist aesthetics and dwell on subjectivity. With the 1940s wave of Hollywood semi-documentary crime films and 1970s generic revisionism as antecedents, these crime films find inspiration in Hollywood cinema and constitute a transnational trend. With a close look at Steven Soderbergh’s Traffic (2000), David Fincher’s Zodiac (2007), Jacques Audiard’s Un prophète (2009) and Tomas Alfredson’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), this book sets out the stylistic and thematic conventions, contexts and cultural significance of a new transnational trend in crime film. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Luis M. García-MainarPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1st ed. 2016 Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 3.896kg ISBN: 9781137496522ISBN 10: 1137496525 Pages: 207 Publication Date: 23 June 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations.- Acknowledgements.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Introspective Realist Crime Film.- 3. The Context of the Introspective Realist Crime Film.- 4. Pictorial Realism and Introspection.- 5. A Documentary Aesthetic of Helplessness.- 6. Postcards of Sympathy from the Periphery.- 7. Complex Narrative and Social Melodrama.- 8. Conclusion.-ReviewsAuthor InformationLuis M. García-Mainar is Associate Professor in Film Studies at the Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain). He is the author of Clint Eastwood: de actor a autor (2006) and his work has appeared in, among other journals, Screening the Past, CineAction and Journal of Film and Video. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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