Maximum movies--pulp fictions : film culture and the worlds of Samuel Fuller, Mickey Spillane, and Jim Thompson /

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Maximum Movies--Pulp Fictions describes two worlds. One of these worlds comprises a clutch of noisy, garish pulp movies, pumped out for the grind houses at the end of the urban exhibition chain by the studios' B-divisions and fly-by-night independents. The other is occupied by critics, intellec...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stanfield, Peter, 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Fuller, Samuel, > 1912-1997 > Criticism and interpretation.
Spillane, Mickey, > 1918-2006 > Criticism and interpretation.
Spillane, Mickey, > 1918-2006 > Film adaptations.
Thompson, Jim, > 1906-1977 > Criticism and interpretation.
Thompson, Jim, > 1906-1977 > Film adaptations.
Fuller, Samuel, > 1912-1997
Spillane, Mickey, > 1918-2006
Thompson, Jim, > 1906-1977
1900-1999
Film noir > History and criticism.
Film criticism > United States > History > 20th century.
Film criticism > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Detective and mystery stories > Film adaptations.
Detective and mystery stories, American > History and criticism.
Films noirs > Histoire et critique.
Critique cinématographique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Critique cinématographique > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
ART > Film & Video.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Direction & Production.
Detective and mystery stories
Detective and mystery stories, American
Film criticism
Film noir
Great Britain
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Film adaptations
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : yours till the boys come home
  • Position papers : in defense of pulp movies
  • A genealogy of pulp : Black mask to Mickey Spillane
  • A world of small insanities : the critical reception of Kiss me deadly
  • American primitive : Samuel Fuller's pulp politics
  • Authenticating pulp : Jim Thompson adaptations and neo-noir
  • Conclusion : hiding out in cinemas.

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