{"title":"Crime Inc.","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"kiss-me-deadly-the-great-whatsit-of-film-noir-by-woody-haut","title":"Kiss Me Deadly: The Great Whatsit of Film Noir by Woody Haut","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRobert Aldrich’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKiss Me Deadly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1955) appeared near the zenith of the film noir cycle (1941-1958), when the plots and motifs grew familiar and called for new treatments. In adapting Mickey Spillane’s 1952 novel using A.I. Bezzerides’ script, Aldrich offered a high-energy rendition of the private eye film with an atomic age theme, leaving critics like Paul Schrader to regard the film as a notable entry. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKiss Me Deadly: The Great Whatsit of Noir\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, crime genre historian Woody Haut analyzes the unique mixture of noir elements and emerging concerns that left an imprint on crime cinema into the 21st century. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWoody Haut is a London-based journalist and author of \u003cem\u003ePulp Culture: Hardboiled Fiction and the Cold War; Neon Noir: Contemporary American Crime Fiction; \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eHeartbreak and Vine: The Fate of Hardboiled Writers in Hollywood\u003c\/em\u003e. He is also the author of the novels \u003cem\u003eDays of Smoke; Cry for a Nickel, Die for a Dime\u003c\/em\u003e; and, most recently, \u003cem\u003eSkin Flick\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Channel Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43549867933789,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/4408\/9693\/files\/21fc9be5-233f-4d46-ab56-6d29cf1dcb7a_9dec2fbf-7147-4699-8d81-8eb25f86e453.png?v=1753497173"}],"url":"https:\/\/channelacademic.com\/collections\/bear-manor-crime-inc.oembed","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}