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American Prison Film Since 1930
From the Big House to the Shawshank Redemption
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2006
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Edwin Mellen Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7734-5833-8 (ISBN)
Edwin Mellen Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7734-5833-8 (ISBN)
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The prison movie is not only its own separate genre, it is also a unique one at that. Designed to study a number of well-known prison films from an analytical and historical perspective, and surveying the genre from 1930-2000, this book deconstructs twelve films through annotated summaries based on the codes and conventions of the proposed genre.
The main idea of this book is to study a number of well-known prison films from an analytical and historical perspective. The prison movie is not only its own separate genre, it is also a unique one at that. In addition to surveying the genre from 1930-2000, the book deconstructs twelve films in great detail through full annotated summaries based on the codes and conventions of the proposed genre.
The main idea of this book is to study a number of well-known prison films from an analytical and historical perspective. The prison movie is not only its own separate genre, it is also a unique one at that. In addition to surveying the genre from 1930-2000, the book deconstructs twelve films in great detail through full annotated summaries based on the codes and conventions of the proposed genre.
Acknowledgements; Foreword; Preface; Introduction: Defining the Prison Movie Genre; 1. The Gangster in Jail: Prison Movies of the 1930s and 1940s; 2. From Pre-Code: Exploited Women-in-Prison Films; 3. Behind Enemy Bars: The World War II POW Film; 4. No Such Thing as Bad Boys: The Reform School Film; 5. Bad Machines: The Asylum Film; 6. Three Genres on the Inside: The Western, Science Fiction, and Action/Adventure Prison Films; 7. Mean Machines: The Sports Film Behind Bars; 8. Between The Rock and a Hard Place: The Alcatraz Movie; 9. Partners in Crime: The Prison Comedy; 10. Three Prison Film Auteurs: Stuart Rosenberg, Alan Parker, and Frank Darabont; Conclusion: The Prison Film in the Millennium and Beyond; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
Verlagsort | New York |
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Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 150 x 230 mm |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
ISBN-10 | 0-7734-5833-6 / 0773458336 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7734-5833-8 / 9780773458338 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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