{"product_id":"murder-and-the-movies","title":"Murder and the Movies","description":"\u003cb\u003eA renowned movie critic on film’s treatment of one of mankind’s darkest behaviors: murder\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Thomson's] analysis of death in Hitchcock movies is gorgeous. His restlessness is palpable. There is an anxiety in this brief, hurried book that suits these political and medical times.\"—Lisa Schwarzbaum, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncluded in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Best Books to Give\" holiday list, 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e How many acts of murder have each of us followed on a screen? What does that say about us? Do we remain law-abiding citizens who wouldn’t hurt a fly?  Film historian David Thomson, known for wit and subversiveness, leads us into this very delicate subject. While unpacking classics such as \u003ci\u003eSeven,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eKind Hearts and Coronets\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrangers on a Train,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Conformist,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Godfather,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Shining,\u003c\/i\u003e he offers a disconcerting sense of how the form of movies makes us accomplices in this sinister narrative process.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e By turns seductive and astringent, very serious and suddenly hilarious, \u003ci\u003eMurder and the Movies\u003c\/i\u003e admits us into what Thomson calls “a warped triangle”: the creator working out a compelling death; the killer doing his and her best; and the entranced reader and spectator trying to cling to life and a proper sense of decency.","brand":"David Thomson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42818245066813,"sku":"9780300220018","price":35.96,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780300220018_09852ee0-e61e-45e3-8b94-2f2e5c2e09f2.jpg?v=1766917393","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/murder-and-the-movies","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}