Noir's cars: Automobility and amoral space in American film noir

被引:5
作者
Osteen, Mark [1 ]
机构
[1] Loyola Coll, Baltimore, MD 21210 USA
关键词
automobiles in film; crime films; domesticity; film noir; hitchhiking; masculinity; social mobility;
D O I
10.3200/JPFT.35.4.183-192
中图分类号
J9 [电影、电视艺术]; I235 [电影、电视、广播剧];
学科分类号
摘要
Automobiles-particularly convertibles-serve in films noir as symbols of social mobility and expanded identity, as surrogate homes and amoral spaces. The recurrent figure of the hitchhiker, however, challenges the ideology of automobility, and in certain late films noir, automobiles are linked with explosive technologies that threaten to turn humans into atomized automatons.
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页码:183 / 192
页数:10
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