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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797643303321

Autore

Von Hallberg Robert <1946->

Titolo

The Maltese Falcon to Body of Lies : spies, noirs, and trust / / Robert von Hallberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque, New Mexico : , : University of New Mexico Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8263-5162-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Recencies Series: Research and Recovery in Twentieth-Century American Poetics

Disciplina

791.43/655

Soggetti

Film noir - United States - History and criticism

Spy films - United States - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Examining twenty-eight great noir films from the earliest examples of the genre, including The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, and Out of the Past, to such twenty-first-century spy films as The Good Shepherd, Syriana, and The Bourne Ultimatum, this study explores the representations of trust and commitment that noir and spy films propose.