Soft Skull Press
Death Wish: A Novel Approach to Cinema
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- Chris Sorrentino
- Soft Skull Press
- Paperback
- 9781593762896
- 6.4 X 4.7 X 0.4 inches
- 0.2 pounds
- Social Science > Popular Culture
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
Christopher Sorrentino's examination of Death Wish is the second entry in the series. The fourth collaboration between director Michael Winner and actor Charles Bronson, Death Wish was the apotheosis of a succession of films hitting screens during the seventies--including Bullitt, Dirty Harry, and Walking Tall--that tacked against a prevailing liberal wind in Hollywood cinema. Exploiting audience fears of a bestial other infesting American cities, and explicitly linking law and order with a pastoral ideal of the Old West (and exurban subdivisions), its glib endorsement of vigilantism infuriated liberal critics even as it filled theaters with cheering audiences. Sorrentino examines Death Wish in its various contexts--as movie, as provocation, as social commentary, as political tautology, and as depiction of urban life--and considers its lasting influence on cinema.
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