{"product_id":"point-blank-paperback-1","title":"Point Blank - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEric G. Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Boorman's \u003ci\u003ePoint Blank \u003c\/i\u003e(1967) has long been recognised as one of the seminal films of the sixties, with its revisionary mix of genres including neo-noir, New Wave, and spaghetti western. Its lasting influence can be traced throughout the decades in films like \u003ci\u003eMean Streets\u003c\/i\u003e (1973), \u003ci\u003eReservoir Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e (1992), \u003ci\u003eHeat \u003c\/i\u003e(1995), \u003ci\u003eThe Limey\u003c\/i\u003e (1999) and \u003ci\u003eMemento \u003c\/i\u003e(2000). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEric Wilson's compelling study of the film examines its significance to New Hollywood cinema. He argues that Boorman revises traditional Hollywood crime films by probing a second connotation of 'point blank'. On the one hand, it is a neo-noir that aptly depicts close range violence, but, it also points toward blankness, a nothingness that is the consequence of corporate America unchecked, where humans are reduced to commodities and stripped of agency and playfulness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe goes on to reimagine the film's experimental style as a representation of and possible remedy for trauma. Examining Boorman's formal innovations, including his favouring of gesture over language and blurring of boundaries between dream and reality, he also positions the film as a grimly comical exploration of toxic masculinity and gender fluidity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilson's close reading of \u003ci\u003ePoint Blank\u003c\/i\u003e reveals it to be a film that innovatively inflects its own generation and speaks powerfully to our own, arguing that it is this amplitude, which encompasses the many major films it has influenced, that qualifies the film as a classic.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at Wake Forest University, USA. His publications include \u003ci\u003eSecret Cinema: Gnostic Vision in Film\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), \u003ci\u003eThe Strange World of David Lynch: Transcendental Irony from Eraserhead to Mulholland Dr\u003c\/i\u003e (2007). His writing has featured in \u003ci\u003ePsychology Today\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eL.A. Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.1 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42696154120255,"sku":"9781839025761","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/2d989e1c39e0a387151c1b8a168866e3.webp?v=1765006375","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/point-blank-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}