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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 791
EAN num: 9780521588393
ISBN number: 0521588391
Label: Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 336
Printing Date: April 01, 1999
Publishing house: Cambridge University Press
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The thriller is perhaps the most popular and widespread movie genre--and the most difficult to define. Thrillers can contain gangsters or ghosts, space helmets or fedoras. They charge our familiar world with a spirit of exotic, old-fashioned adventure. They give us pleasure by making us uncomfortable--on the edge of our seats. Thrillers provides a comprehensive treatment of this genre, from silent serials to stalker films, from Alfred Hitchcock to Quentin Tarantino, from The Great Train Robbery to L.A. Confidential. This accessible, wide-ranging volume is designed to appeal to students and general filmgoers alike, and shows how this visceral, double-faced film genre has aroused our intense sensations throughout decades of American cinema.
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As Martin Rubin notes, "thriller" is a very diffuse term that can cover anything from private eye films to horror movies. This excellent book tries to offer a way of thinking about this wide genre.
The very first part of the book searches for a definition of the thriller. Rubin basically decides that a thriller has an extradorinary danger emerging in an ordinary setting. Thus westerns, swashbucklers and Gothic horror films, while exciting and thrilling, don't fit.
The second part of the book is an examination of how the thriller developed from silent days to the end of the 20th century. This is the best part of the book, as Rubin touches on many different types of film, even including Harold Lloyd's comedies. His comments on horror films and film noir are very thought provoking.
The final part of the book looks at key films that represent important thriller subgenres: The Big Sleep (private eye), Strangers on a Train (psychological suspense) The French Connection (police film). Again, Rubin's comments here are all very sound.
I found this a very useful and enjoyable book that made me think about familiar films in a new way.
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Martin Rubin is an excellent writer who has crafted a superb analysis and historical overview of the thriller story. He tracks the evolution of the thriller from Gothic tales to modern motion pictures. The focus on the thriller's structure and history gives this text substatial merit. Rubin covers a great deal of film history. All aspiring screenwriters should have a copy of this book on their shelf.
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