Suspects
ISBN-13: 9780857305107
Author(s): David Thomson
Subjects: FF
Publisher: Oldcastle Books
Publisher Imprint: Kamera
Publication Date: 21-06-2022
Format: Paperback / softback
Availability: In stock
£12.99
About the book
Noah Cross, Norma Desmond, Norman Bates, Harry Lime - these are a few of nearly a hundred names that inhabit the mind of the narrator as he starts to compose short biographies of some of the most famous characters in the history of film noir. He sketches in whole lives, lives as intense as the dreams put up on the screen. Then these characters start to meet each other outside the films as if they were real people with real needs and passions. Ultimately an examination on how movies affect the way we think and how film not only shapes our perceptions and our memories but in some ways comes to stand in for them, Suspects can be read as an unsettling examination of identity and the construction of self through the medium of narratives, or simply as a fascinating take on movie fandom.