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Con Artists in Cinema: Self-Knowledge, Female Power, and Love

Con Artists in Cinema: Self-Knowledge, Female Power, and Love

Kupfer, Joseph

Paperback

Series: Routledge Focus on Film Studies

PhilosophyFilm StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1032428465
ISBN13: 9781032428468
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 19 2024
Pages: 92
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.21 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

This book examines the con artist film as a genre, exploring its main features while also addressing variations within it.

The volume explores three diverse themes of the con artist film: edification, self-awareness, and liberation through con games; the femme fatale as con artist; and romantic love as a plot point. Analyzing movies such as Matchstick Men (2003), House of Games (1987), Body Heat (1981), The Last Seduction (1994), Birthday Girl (2001), and The Game (1997), the book also explores their psychological investigation of the con artist figure, the con artist's mark, and how the dynamic between these roles implicates us as the audience. It also addresses the con artist film genre's close association with neo-noir, especially through the femme fatale figure, investigating and updating the rich tradition of noir film.

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