Hardboiled Hollywood: The Origins of the Great Crime Films
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Kiss Me Deadly, Bonnie & Clyde, Get Carter, Little Caesar - behind each of these classic films there's a little-known story. Pulp novels, real-life bank robbers and twisted serial killers have all helped to shape the high-points of crime cinema. Once Tinseltown had cheerfully thrown these elements into the mincer, the finished film sometimes owed little except a title to its source material. Thanks to Hollywood, runty little failed bank-robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are forever fixed in the popular imagination as a handsome young couple with toothpaste grins and an upbeat bluegrass soundtrack, while middle-aged Wisconsin ghoul Ed Gein mutates into handsome young matinee idol Anthony Perkins for Hitchcock's Psycho. The films themselves may be well known, but their origins are often far less familiar. From The Big Sleep to Point Blank, and from The Godfather to LA Confidential, Hardboiled Hollywood takes you behind the scenes at the scene of the crime. It's an offer you can't refuse. Book jacket.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1842431196
ISBN13:9781842431191
Release Date:September 2004
Publisher:No Exit
Length:240 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.1" x 7.9"
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A must for any fan of noir
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 14 years ago
Behind every story there is its inspiration. "Hardboiled Hollywood: The True Crime Stories Behind the Classic Noir Films" investigates the roots of many noir films that captivated the imaginations of many movie goers. Serial killers, the rampage of Bonnie and Clyde, the events within the famous Godfather series, and more, all of these noir films have their ideas founded in reality. Max Decharne tells the these true tales, making "Hardboiled Hollywood" a must for any fan of noir.
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