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Short Cuts Ser.: Prison Movies : Cinema Behind Bars by Kevin Kehrwald (2017, Hardcover)

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Authors : Kehrwald, Kevin. Prison Movies: Cinema Behind Bars (Short Cuts). Title : Prison Movies: Cinema Behind Bars (Short Cuts). Since 2001. Binding : Hardcover. Publisher : Wallflower Press. Product Category : Books.

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PublisherWallFlower Jeans Press

ISBN-100231181140

ISBN-139780231181143

eBay Product ID (ePID)224333411

Product Key Features

Number of Pages144 Pages

Publication NamePrison Movies : Cinema Behind Bars

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2017

SubjectFilm / General, Film / Guides & Reviews, Film / History & Criticism

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPerforming Arts

AuthorKevin Kehrwald

SeriesShort Cuts Ser.

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight10 Oz

Item Length0.8 in

Item Width0.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2016-288477

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

IllustratedYes

Table Of ContentAcknowledgements Introduction: After the Crime is Over 1. Prison Films of Pre-Code Hollywood: Big Houses, Death Houses and Chain Gangs 2. Women's Prison Films of the 1950s and Early 1960s 3. Identity and Violence in Popular Prison Films from the 1960s to the 1990s Afterword: Post-9/11 Prison Movies and the Era of Mass Incarceration Bibliography Index

SynopsisPrison Movies: Cinema Behind Bars traces the public fascination with incarceration from the silent era to the present. Often considered an offshoot of the gangster film, the prison film precedes the gangster film and is in many ways its opposite. Rather than focusing on tragic figures heading for a fall, the prison film focuses on fallen characters seeking redemption. The gangster's perverse pursuit of the American dream is irrelevant to the prisoner for whom that dream has already failed. At their core, prison films are about self-preservation at the hands of oppressive authority. Like history itself, prison films display long stretches of idleness punctuated by eruptions of violence, dangerous moments that signify liberation and the potential for change. The enclosed world of the prison is a highly effective microcosm, one that forces characters and audiences alike to confront vexing issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality. These portrayals of men and women behind bars have thrived because they deal with such fundamental human themes as freedom, individuality, power, justice, and mercy. Films examined include The Big House (1930), I Want to Live! (1958), The Defiant Ones (1958), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Midnight Express (1978), Escape from Alcatraz (1979), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), and Starred Up (2013)., Prison Movies: Cinema Behind Bars traces the public fascination with incarceration from the silent era to the present., Prison Movies: Cinema Behind Bars traces the public fascination with incarceration from the silent era to the present. Often considered an offshoot of the gangster film, the prison film precedes the gangster film and is in many ways its opposite. Rather than focusing on tragic figures heading for a fall, the prison film focuses on fallen characters seeking redemption. The gangster's perverse pursuit of the American dream is irrelevant to the prisoner for whom that dream has already failed. At their core, prison films are about self-preservation at the hands of oppressive authority. Like history itself, prison films display long stretches of idleness punctuated by eruptions of violence, dangerous moments that signify liberation and the potential for change. The enclosed world of the prison is a highly effective microcosm, one that forces characters and audiences alike to confront vexing issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality. These portrayals of men and women behind bars have thrived because they deal with such fundamental human themes as freedom, individuality, power, justice, and mercy. Films examined include The Big House (1930), I Want to Live (1958), The Defiant Ones (1958), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Midnight Express (1978), Escape from Alcatraz (1979), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), and Starred Up (2013).

LC Classification NumberPN1995.9.P68K44 2017