Death Wish
Author: Sorrentino, Chris
ISBN: 9781593762896
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Nov 2010
Pages: 118
Format: Paperback / softback
i>Deep Focus/i> is a series of film books with a fresh approach. Take the smartest, liveliest writers in contemporary letters and let them loose on the most vital and popular corners of cinema history- midnight movies, the New Hollywood of the sixties and seventies, film noir, screwball comedies, international cult classics, and more. Passionate and idiosyncratic, each volume of i>Deep Focus/i> is long-form criticism that's relentlessly provocative and entertaining.br>br>Christopher Sorrentino's examination of i>Death Wish/i> is the second entry in the series. The fourth collaboration between director Michael Winner and actor Charles Bronson, i>Death Wish/i> was the apotheosis of a succession of films hitting screens during the seventiesincluding i>Bullitt/i>, i>Dirty Harry/i>, and i>Walking Tall/i>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 i>Death Wish/i> in its various contextsas movie, as provocation, as social commentary, as political tautology, and as depiction of urban lifeand considers its lasting influence on cinema.
ISBN: 9781593762896
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Nov 2010
Pages: 118
Format: Paperback / softback
i>Deep Focus/i> is a series of film books with a fresh approach. Take the smartest, liveliest writers in contemporary letters and let them loose on the most vital and popular corners of cinema history- midnight movies, the New Hollywood of the sixties and seventies, film noir, screwball comedies, international cult classics, and more. Passionate and idiosyncratic, each volume of i>Deep Focus/i> is long-form criticism that's relentlessly provocative and entertaining.br>br>Christopher Sorrentino's examination of i>Death Wish/i> is the second entry in the series. The fourth collaboration between director Michael Winner and actor Charles Bronson, i>Death Wish/i> was the apotheosis of a succession of films hitting screens during the seventiesincluding i>Bullitt/i>, i>Dirty Harry/i>, and i>Walking Tall/i>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 i>Death Wish/i> in its various contextsas movie, as provocation, as social commentary, as political tautology, and as depiction of urban lifeand considers its lasting influence on cinema.
