The introspective realist crime film / Luis M. García-Mainar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

García Mainar, Luis M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime films--History and criticism.

Crime films.

Culture--Study and teaching.

Culture.

Film genres.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xii, 207 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]

Contents:

Introduction

The introspective realist crime film: Antecedents of the introspective realist crime film ; The crime film in the 1980s and 1990s ; Police series of the 1980s and 1990s, return of the aesthetic in the 2000s ; Culture and aesthetics in the introspective realist crime film ; The introspective realist crime film: transnational trend

The context of the introspective realist crime film

Pictorial realism and introspection. Michael Clayton ; Michael Clayton's Family: pathos and introspection ; Tinker tailor soldier spy ; Tinker tailor soldier spy's family: introspective emotion and the social

A documentary aesthetic of helplessness. A mighty heart ; A mighty heart's family: an aesthetic of helplessness ; Un prophète ; Un prophète's family: subjective realism

Postcards of sympathy from the periphery. Zodiac ; Zodiac's family: introspective sympathies ; El secreto de sus ojos ; El secreto de sus ojos' family: trauma and the social

Complex narrative and social melodrama. Mystic River ; Mystic River's family: social melodrama ; Tropa de élite ; Tropa de élite's family: society and politics

Conclusions

Films and television

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Filmography: pages 201-204.

ISBN:

9781137496522

1137496525

OCLC:

944474113

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