The Best Laid Plans: Interrogating the Heist Film

Book Overview

Explores the significance of the heist film genre.

The heist--a carefully organized robbery of a financial institution or other lucrative business--has been a persistent and popular mainstay of the crime film. The Best Laid Plans: Interrogating the Heist Film asks the question: why has the heist film proved so appealing to audiences over many years and in diverse cultural contexts? The twelve essays in this volume, edited...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814342248
• ISBN13: 9780814342244
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"