The Big Heat 伟大的警察
- 作者
- 出版社 Palgrave Macmillan
- 出版时间 1992年11月
- ISBN 9780851703428
- 定价 150.90
内容简介
TheBigHeatfirstappearedin1953,towardstheendofthefilmnoircyclethathadbegunintheearly'40s.ItwasgreetedintheUnitedStatesandBritainasasuccessfulbutmodestproductoftheHollywoodsystem,"slicklywrittenanddirected"inthewordsofonecritic.Onlytheextremeviolence,asintheinfamousscaldingcoffeescene,wassingledoutforspecialmention.YetbythetimethefilmwasreissuedinBritainin1988ithadachievedundisputedclassicstatus.Howhadthistransformationcomeabout?ColinMcArthurtakesTheBigHeatasacasestudyinfilmcriticism.Heexaminesthefilm'schangingcriticalfortunesundertheinfluenceofthesocalledauteurtheory,andshowshowotherintellectualcurrentsledtoareassessmentofLang'sworkinthe1970s.McArthurprovideshisownperceptiveanalysisofthefilminthelightoftheserevolutionsinfilmcriticism.
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