Crime Wave

Informationen zum Autor Howard Hughes is a UK-based film writer and researcher. He is the author of the I.B.Tauris "Filmgoers' Guides" and "Aim for the Heart: The Films of Clint Eastwood". Talks about the crime movie phenomenon, charting its history and celebrating the people who have given it an enduring place in cinema goers' affections. This work focuses on landmark Hollywood films - from "The Public Enemy" to "Oceans 11". It also explores the sources and influences of each film, and its impact on the crime genre and fashion. Zusammenfassung Crime movies inhabit dark and desperate worlds, yet they account for many of Hollywood's most triumphant successes. In full acknowledgement of this achievement, "Crime Wave" offers an authoritative and informative, stimulating and entertaining guide to the crime movie phenomenon, from its early days to the present, charting its history and celebrating the people who have given it a special and enduring place in cinema goers' affections. Chapters focus on landmark Hollywood films - from 1931's "The Public Enemy", through "The Maltese Falcon", "Point Blank", "Dirty Harry", "The Godfather" trilogy and "Goodfellas", to "LA Confidential" and "Oceans 11" - telling their stories and on the way discussing many more crime movies, both major and lesser known. "Crime Wave" represents and investigates gangster and heist movies, blaxploitation and noir, murder mysteries, vehicles for vigilante or buddy cops, even a gangster love story. It features biographies and filmographies detailing the key participants and background details of the film's making, locations and sets.It also explores each film's sources and influences, its impact on the crime genre and current fashion, including spin-offs, copies and sequels. It examines the films' themes, style and box office fortunes. Detailed cast list information is provided for each of the main featured films. Written with passion, for those who love this cinema, "Crime Wave" is the perfect partner in crime....

Vorwort
Talks about the crime movie phenomenon, charting its history and celebrating the people who have given it an enduring place in cinema goers' affections. This work focuses on landmark Hollywood films - from "The Public Enemy" to "Oceans 11". It also explores the sources and influences of each film, and its impact on the crime genre and fashion.

Autorentext
Howard Hughes is a UK-based film writer and researcher. He is the author of the I.B.Tauris "Filmgoers' Guides" and "Aim for the Heart: The Films of Clint Eastwood".

Klappentext
One of Hollywood's most triumphant successes is the crime movie. "Crime Wave" offers an authoritative and entertaining guide to the crime movie genre from its beginnings to the present, charting its history, its sub-genres, and its developments. The book focuses on the most interesting and influential films, from "Little Caesar, ""The Maltese Falcon, Point Blank," and "The Godfather" trilogy to "L.A. Confidential, Ocean's Eleven," and many others.
"Crime Wave" covers gangster and heist movies, blaxploitation, noir, murder mystery, and vigilante and buddy cop movies. Hughes explores each film's sources and influences, its impact on the crime genre and current fashion, including spin-offs, copies and sequels, themes, style, and box office fortunes. Detailed cast lists are provided for each of the main films, as are biographies and filmographies of the key personnel, along with background details of the films' production, locations, and sets.

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