Crime Films: Investigating the Scene

by Kirsten Moana Thompson

Book Overview

Crime Films: Investigating the Scene analyzes the wide body of films that fall under the rubric of crime, from the gangster film to the film noir to classic whodunit television series like Law and Order and CSI. Ever since Edwin S. Porter's The Great Train Robbery in 1903, audiences have been fascinated by films about crime and the world as seen from both sides of the law. Crime Films approaches a crime scene from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1905674139
• ISBN13: 9781905674138
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Wallflower Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 8.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher