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The Mysterious Romance of Murder
The Worlds of John Wick
The Year's Work at the Continental Hotel Edited by Caitlin G. Watt & Stephen Watt Nestor
Crime, Detection, and the Spirit of Noir David Lehman
Each John Wick film has earned more money and recogni�on than its predecessor, defying the conven�onal wisdom about the box office's ac�on movie landscape, normally dominated by superhero movies and science fic�on epics. The Worlds of John Wick celebrates and complicates the cult phenomenon that is John Wick. INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS
From Sherlock Holmes to Sam Spade; Nick and Nora Charles to Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin; Harry Lime to Gilda, Madeleine Elster, and other femmes fatales—crime and crime solving in fic�on and film cap�vate us. Why do we keep returning to Agatha Chris�e's ingenious puzzles and Raymond Chandler's hard-boiled murder mysteries? CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS
Series: The Year's Work: Studies in Fan Culture & Cultural Theory May 2022 38 b&w illus. 456pp 9780253062413 £26.99 PB
May 2022 296pp 9781501763625 £20.99 HB
Jia Zhangke on Jia Zhangke
Bigger Than Life
The Close-Up and Scale in the Cinema Mary Ann Doane
Michael Berry
Jia Zhangke on Jia Zhangke is an extended dialogue between film scholar Michael Berry and the interna�onally acclaimed Chinese filmmaker. Drawing from extensive interviews and public talks, this volume offers a portrait of Jia’s life, art, and approach to filmmaking. Jia and Berry’s conversa�ons range from Jia’s childhood and forma�ve years to extensive discussions of his major narra�ve films, including the classics Xiao Wu, Pla�orm, The World, S�ll Life, and A Touch of Sin. DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS
In Bigger Than Life Mary Ann Doane examines how the scalar opera�ons of cinema, especially those of the closeup, disturb and reconfigure the spectator's sense of place, space, and orienta�on. Doane traces the history of scalar transforma�ons from early cinema to the contemporary use of digital technology. DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS March 2022 127 illus, including 4 in color 376pp 9781478014485 £21.99 PB
Series: Sinotheory March 2022 52 illus. 232pp 9781478018124 £19.99 PB
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