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Moseby confidential : Arthur Penn's Night moves and the rise of neo-noir /

A definitive study of Arthur Penn's Night moves (1975), one of the last radical private eye films of mid-1970s New Hollywood, starring Gene Hackman, Melanie Griffith and Jennifer Warren.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gear, Matthew Asprey (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Portland, Oregon : Jorvik Press, [2019].
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Penn, Arthur, > 1922-2010 > Criticism and interpretation.
Night moves (Motion picture : 1975) > History and criticism.
Film noir > History and criticism.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: The edge of America
  • The Baltimore bench (1922-1972)
  • An end of wishing (1972-1973)
  • The first six feet (Summer-Autumn, 1973)
  • The dark tower (Autumn-Winter, 1973)
  • Night moves (1974)
  • The shark tank (1975)
  • Coda: Second prize in a fight
  • Appendix: Film credits
  • Notes and references.