The Maltese Falcon to Body of Lies spies, noirs, and trust
"Film noir is by definition dark, but not, this book argues, desperate. Characters in noir movies repeatedly implore one another, 'Trust me!' Although trust may not save the characters, it is often a horizon of hope. Examining twenty-eight great noir films from the first noir, The Mal...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albuquerque :
University of New Mexico Press
2015.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Recencies series: research and recovery in twentieth-century American poetics. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39271158*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I. Noirs. Work
- Trust
- Alone
- Men you can trust
- Women you can't
- Quick change
- Part II. Spies. State service
- Privacy
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index.
