States of danger and deceit : the European political thriller in the 1970s / edited by Rachel Hayward, Ellen Smith and Andy Willis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hayward, Rachel, editor.

Smith, Ellen, editor.

Willis, Andy, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 193 pages) : illustrations (chiefly colour); digital file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2024.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Biography/History:

Rachel Hayward is Head of Film Strategy at HOME, Manchester.

Ellen Smith is a freelance film writer, programmer and educator.

Andy Willis is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Salford and Senior Visiting Curator: Film at HOME, Manchester.

Summary:

States of danger and deceit places key films (Z (1969), The Mattei Affair (1972), State of Siege (1972), The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (1975), Illustrious Corpses (1976)) and filmmakers (Costa-Gavras, Elio Petri, Francesco Rosi, Volker Schlöndorff) from across Europe into their historical, political and social contexts before considering the ways they have impacted upon politically engaged filmmakers since. Presented in a dossier format, made up of shorter engaging pieces, this volume offers a series of contextualisations and detailed explorations of significant examples of the political thriller from across Europe.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

List of figures

Notes on contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Creating a major film season at HOME

2 France, May ’68 and the development of the political thriller

3 Costa- Gavras, Jorge Semprún and Yves Montand

4 State of Siege (État de siège), Costa-Gavras, 1973

5 L’Attentat (Plot), Yves Boisset, 1972

6 Special Section (Section spéciale), Costa-Gavras, 1975

7 The political thriller in the context of Italian cinema

8 Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion (Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto), Elio Petri, 1970

9 Killer Cop (La polizia ha le mani legate), Luciano Ercoli, 1975

10 West Germany

11 Neither intentional nor accidental, but unavoidable

12 Where the political thriller was less prevalent

13 Operación Ogro (Ogro), Gillo Pontecorvo, 1979

14 Die Flucht (The Flight), Roland Gräf, 1977

15 Days of ’36 (Meres tou ’36), Theo Angelopoulos, 1972

16 Who is the man on the roof?

17 The legacy of the 1970s European political thriller

18 The season

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-5261-7645-9

OCLC:

1446511319