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02708aam a2200385 i 4500 001 C20FA9BCC19D11EEA89D2B6520ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240202013317 008 230501s2024 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2023016070 020 $a 1032428465 020 $a 9781032428468 020 $a 1032421878 020 $a 9781032421872 035 $a (OCoLC)1378066777 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCO $d NMW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PN1995.9 S95 K87 2024 100 1 $a Kupfer, Joseph H., $e author. 245 10 $a Con artists in cinema : $b self-knowledge, female power, and love / $c Joseph H. Kupfer. 264 1 $a Abingdon, Oxfordshire ; $b Routledge, $c 2024. 300 $a 92 pages ; $c 22 cm. 490 1 $a Routledge focus on film studies ; $v 8 500 $a "Routledge focus" -- Cover. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Con artist's comeuppance and cure: Matchstick men -- Revenge and self-knowledge: House of games -- The femme fatale as con artist: Body heat -- Improvising on the run: The last seduction -- Con game as prelude to love: Birthday -- The game of brotherly love. 520 $a "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. Analysing 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. Demonstrating the range and flexibility of this understudied genre, this book will be of interest to scholars and students of film studies, ethics, and those studying the representation of women in film"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Swindlers and swindling in motion pictures. 650 0 $a Women in motion pictures. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Kupfer, Joseph H. $t Con artists in cinema $d New York : Routledge, 2024 $z 9781003364542 $w (DLC) 2023016071 830 0 $a Routledge focus on film studies ; $v 8. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240403014441.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C20FA9BCC19D11EEA89D2B6520ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search