Jason Jacobs 
Reluctant Sleuths, True Detectives [EPUB ebook] 

Reluctant Sleuths, True Detectives examines the detective figure in four noir and neo-noir films:
Out of the Past (1947),
Notorious (1946),
Vertigo (1958), and
Chinatown (1974). Exploring the way that these characters each move from an initial state of reluctant passivity to one of passionate engagement with the world around them, it questions the cinematic forces required to motivate and move them. In its close examinations of each film, the book meditates on the detectives’ hunts and how they interact with the cinematic apparatus that captures and presents them to an audience, and it tracks the receptive experience of these films in relation to these questions of motivation and movement.

Tabella dei contenuti

Acknowledgments

Introduction:
The Long Goodbye



1.
Out of the Past



2.
Notorious



3.
Vertigo



4.
Chinatown



Conclusion: True Detectives

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Circa l’autore

Jason Jacobs is Professor of Film and Television Studies at the University of Queensland in Australia. His previous books include
David Milch and
Deadwood.