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Reluctant Sleuths, true detectives / Jason Jacobs.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jacobs, Jason, author.
- Series:
- SUNY series, horizons of cinema.
- SUNY Series, Horizons of Cinema Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Detectives.
- United States.
- Vertigo (Motion picture : 1958).
- Out of the past (Motion picture : 1947).
- Chinatown (Motion picture).
- Notorious (Motion picture : 1946).
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- Explores the figure of the detective as a pursuer of knowledge in four noir films.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Long Goodbye
- The Long Goodbye: Floating above the Genre
- 1 Out of the Past
- "All I can see is the frame."
- 2 Notorious
- 3 Vertigo
- 4 Chinatown
- Conclusion: True Detectives
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Jacobs, Jason Reluctant Sleuths, True Detectives
- ISBN:
- 9781438492254
- 1438492251
- OCLC:
- 1363103294
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