Blood, Sweat and Cheers: Absurdist Crime Films and Contemporary Society
dc.contributor.author | Meisner, Christopher | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-09T18:50:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-04-09T18:50:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-04-09 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10464/4269 | |
dc.description.abstract | Within the crime film tradition there is a plethora of sub-genres all of which relate to crime and its consequences. However, directors Joel and Ethan Coen, Quentin Tarantino and David Lynch, all of whom create plots around crime and criminality, have been difficult to pin down and attribute to any given sub-genre. This thesis demonstrates that an absurdist philosophy can be used to effectively examine the content of the previously mentioned filmmakers. Through an analysis of these filmmakers and their better known works compelling evidence is revealed suggesting that these filmmakers may all belong to the emerging crime film sub-genre known as absurdist crime films. | en_US |
dc.publisher | Brock University | en_US |
dc.subject | Absurdist crime films | en_US |
dc.subject | Crime film directors | en_US |
dc.title | Blood, Sweat and Cheers: Absurdist Crime Films and Contemporary Society | en_US |
dc.type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation | en |
dc.degree.name | M.A. Popular Culture | en_US |
dc.degree.level | Masters | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Popular Culture Program | en_US |
dc.degree.discipline | Faculty of Social Sciences | en_US |
dc.embargo.terms | None | en_US |
refterms.dateFOA | 2021-08-08T01:50:02Z |