{"product_id":"fritz-lang-reynold-humphries-9780801878206","title":"Fritz Lang: Genre and Representation in His American Films","description":"\u003cp\u003eChallenging the myth that Fritz Lang's best work ended when he reached Hollywood, Reynold Humphries takes a new look at seventeen of the director's twenty-two American films. Made between 1936 and 1956, these films--\u003ci\u003eFury\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYou Only Live Once\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYou and Me\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMan Hunt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHangmen Also Die\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Ministry of Fear\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Woman in the Window\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScarlet Street\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCloak and Dagger\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSecret beyond the Door\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHouse by the River\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRancho Notorious\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Gardenia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Heat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMoonfleet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhile the City Sleeps\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBeyond a Reasonable Doubt\u003c\/i\u003e--broadly validate the insights of \u003ci\u003eauteur\u003c\/i\u003e theory while emphasizing the importance of the narrative and representational codes peculiar to a given genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHumphries examines these films in light of semiotics and psychoanalysis, drawing on Freud's \"Wolfman\" case and Lacan's theories of \"the subject\" and \"the look\" to bring novel solutions to crucial theoretical problems in such areas as the spectator, classical film narrative, and genre. In applying critical theory to Lang's Hollywood-made \u003ci\u003efilm noirs\u003c\/i\u003e, melodramas, Westerns, and spy films, Humphries provocatively complicates \u003ci\u003eauteur\u003c\/i\u003e theory and revitalizes an unjustly neglected phase in the career of one of cinema's boldest visionaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Reynold Humphries\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801878209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801878206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.12h x 6.04w x 0.62d","brand":"Reynold Humphries","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46974508892415,"sku":"9780801878206","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5a824f68-3c67-4a79-b1e7-aff6a8f53918.jpg?v=1750875241","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fritz-lang-reynold-humphries-9780801878206","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}