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Maximum movies--pulp fictions : film culture and the worlds of Samuel Fuller, Mickey Spillane, and Jim Thompson / Peter Stanfield.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stanfield, Peter, 1958-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fuller, Samuel, 1912-1997--Criticism and interpretation.
- Fuller, Samuel.
- Spillane, Mickey, 1918-2006--Film adaptations.
- Spillane, Mickey.
- Spillane, Mickey, 1918-2006--Criticism and interpretation.
- Thompson, Jim, 1906-1977--Film adaptations.
- Thompson, Jim.
- Thompson, Jim, 1906-1977--Criticism and interpretation.
- Detective and mystery stories--Film adaptations.
- Detective and mystery stories.
- Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery stories, American.
- Film criticism--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Film criticism.
- Film criticism--United States--History--20th century.
- Film noir--History and criticism.
- Film noir.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (242 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the words of Richard Maltby . . . ""Maximum Movies--Pulp Fictions describes two improbably imbricated worlds and the piece of cultural history their intersections provoked."" One of these worlds comprises a clutch of noisy, garish pulp movies--Kiss Me Deadly, Shock Corridor, Fixed Bayonets!, I Walked with a Zombie, The Lineup, Terror in a Texas Town, Ride Lonesome--pumped out for the grind houses at the end of the urban exhibition chain by the studios' B-divisions and fly-by-night independents. The other is occupied by critics, intellectuals, cinephiles, and filmmakers such as
- Contents:
- Contents; Foreword by Richard Maltby; Acknowledgments; Introduction:Yours till the Boys Come Home; 1.Position Papers: In Defense of Pulp Movies; 2.A Genealogy of Pulp: Black Mask to Mickey Spillane; 3.A World of Small Insanities: The Critical Reception of Kiss Me Deadly; 4.American Primitive: Samuel Fuller's Pulp Politics; 5.Authenticating Pulp: Jim Thompson Adaptations and Neo-noir; Conclusion: Hiding Out in Cinemas; Notes; Index; About the Author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-86460-6
- 0-8135-5103-X
- OCLC:
- 775872928
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