Crime Films (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521646710)

Focusing on ten films that span the range of the twentieth century, Thomas Leitch traces the transformation of three figures common to all crime films: the criminal, the victim and the avenger. He shows how the distinctions among them become blurred throughout the course of the century, reflecting and fostering a deep social ambivalence towards crime and criminals. The criminal, victim and avenger characters effectively map the shifting relations between subgenres (such as the erotic thriller and the police film) within the larger genre of crime film.

Author: Thomas Leitch
ISBN-10: 0521646715
ISBN-13: 9780521646710
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/26/2002
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 9.01h x 6.03w x 0.86d
Award: Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Nominee