A little solitaire John Frankenheimer and American film / edited by Murray Pomerance and R. Barton Palmer.

Other author Pomerance, Murray, 1946-
Other author Palmer, R. Barton, 1946-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press,
Descriptionix, 312 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents Introduction : why don't you pass the time by playing a little solitaire? / R. Barton Palmer and Murray Pomerance -- Thrills. Murdered souls, conspiratorial cabals: Frankenheimer's paranoia films / David Sterritt -- The Manchurian candidate: compromised agency and uncertain causality / Charles Ramírez Berg -- Stealth, sexuality, and cult status in The Manchurian candidate and Seconds / Rebecca Bell-Metereau -- The train: John Frankenheimer's "Rape of Europa" / Matthew H. Bernstein -- Action and abstraction in Ronin / Stephen Prince -- Politics. "Late Frankenheimer/political Frankenheimer" / Douglas McFarland -- John Frankenheimer's "War on terror" / Corey K. Creekmur -- The burning season: environmentalism versus progress? / Robin L. Murray -- Pictures and prizes: Le Grand Prix de Rome and Grand Prix / Victoria Duckett -- Families. Crashing in: Birdman of Alcatraz / Tom Conley -- Walking the line with the fille-fatale / Linda Ruth Williams -- Live TV, filmed theater, and the new Hollywood: John Frankenheimer's The Iceman cometh / James Morrison -- Ashes, ashes: structuring emptiness in All fall down / Murray Pomerance -- Secrets. An American in Paris: John Frankenheimer's impossible object / Jerry Mosher -- Shot from the sky: The gypsy moths and the end of something / Dennis Bingham -- Frankenheimer and the science fiction/horror film / Christine Cornea -- -- The fixer: a Jew who could be any man, any time, anywhere / R. Barton Palmer -- Jonah / Bill Krohn.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 287-298) and index.
Bibliography noteIncludes filmography.
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ISBN9780813550596 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813550602 (pbk. : alk. paper)