Best Laid Plans: Interrogating the Heist Film

ISBN-13: 9780814342244 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 268 str.

Jim Leach; Jeannette Sloniowski; Jeannette Sloniowski

Opis

The heist has been a persistent and popular mainstay of the crime film. The Best Laid Plans asks the question: why has the heist film proved so appealing to audiences over many years and in diverse cultural contexts? The twelve essays in this volume, explore the significance of the heist film in different national cinemas, as well as its aesthetic principles and ideological issues.