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

by Joseph H Kupfer

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032421878
• ISBN13: 9781032421872
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"