Overkill : the rise and fall of thriller cinema / Bill Mesce, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mesce, Bill Jr.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thrillers (Motion pictures)--United States--History and criticism.

Thrillers (Motion pictures).

Thrillers (Television programs)--United States--History and criticism.

Thrillers (Television programs).

United States.

Physical Description:

x, 334 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2007]

Summary:

"Examines the evolution of the thriller from the heyday of the Hollywood mogul era in the 1930s when it was primarily bottom-of-the-bill fodder, through its maturity in the World War II years and the noir-breeding 1950s, its commercial and critical ascendancy in the 1960s and 1970s, and finally its subsequent box office dominance"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I The Dream Factory

1 The Assembly Line 9

2 The Mill Wheels 13

3 Marginalia 20

Part II The War Years

4 Answering the Call 33

5 Stepping into the Abyss 49

Part III Dystopia

6 The Empires Begin to Fall 55

7 Into the Blackness 62

Part IV Retrenchment

8 Out of Chaos Comes Order 93

9 Sweet Freedom 103

Part V Fool's Gold

10 The Money Train 161

11 Shock and Awe 171

12 The Funnel 188

13 Killers 198

14 Anomie 214.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-316) and index.

ISBN:

9780786427512

0786427515

OCLC:

75088017