pt. 1. Classical Hollywood, genre, and film noir. Classical Hollywood : film and genre -- Genre and the problem of film noir
pt. 2. Film noir : sources and determinants. Hard-boiled crime fiction and film noir -- Film noir and the popularization of psychoanalysis -- Film noir and America in the 1940s
pt. 3. The representation of masculinity in the noir 'tough' thriller. Masculinity and its discontents -- The 'tough' investigative thriller -- The 'tough' suspense thriller -- The criminal-adventure thriller -- A problem in 'algebra' : Dead reckoning and the regimentation of the masculine
Summary
Discussing the diversity and cultural significance of Film Noir, Krutnik examines films such as The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity and analyses the ̀tough' thriller in terms of its role in reaffirming a disrupted masculine order
Analysis
Cinema films
United States
Cinema Films (Motion pictures)
United States
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-259) and index
Notes
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