Screen Hustles, Grifts and Stings identifies recurrent themes and techniques of the con film, suggests precedents in literature and discusses the perennial appeal of the con man for readers and viewers alike. Core studies span from film (Catch Me If You Can, Paper Moon, House of Games) to television (Hustle), from Noir (The Grifters) to Romantic Comedy (Gambit). Frequently, the execution of the con is only finely distinguishable from the conduct of a legitimate profession and, challengingly, a mark is often shown to be culpable in his or her undoing. The best con films, it is suggested, invite re-watching and reward the viewer accordingly: who is complicit and when? How and where is the con achieved? When is the viewer party to the con? And what, if any, moral is to be drawn?
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-13
9781137466884
eBay Product ID (ePID)
222072106
Product Key Features
Book Title
Screen Hustles, Grifts and Stings: Stings, Grifts, Hustles and the Long Con
Author
A. Sargeant
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Literature, Books
Publication Year
2015
Number of Pages
98 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
140mm
Item Weight
286g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
A. Sargeant
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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