Description
Trade ReviewThe most sustained analysis of this neglected genre to date. This volume lifts the big caper or heist film from the generic limbo in which it has for too long languished. It deftly demonstrates the heist film's dual generic function as anti-insititution social message and as ongoing address about the place of art in society. -- Barry Keith Grant, Brock University
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: The Heist as Genre 1. Origins: The Noir Heist 2. Foundations: The Noir Heist and its Satire as Aesthetic Parables 3. Conventions: The Heist Adapts its Message 4. Returns: Perpetuating the Myth of Originality in the Remake Select Filmography Select Bibliography Index
