{"product_id":"reluctant-sleuths-true-detectives","title":"Reluctant Sleuths, True Detectives","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplores the figure of the detective as a pursuer of knowledge in four noir films.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReluctant Sleuths, True Detectives\u003c\/i\u003e examines the detective figure in four noir and neo-noir films: \u003ci\u003eOut of the Past\u003c\/i\u003e (1947), \u003ci\u003eNotorious\u003c\/i\u003e (1946), \u003ci\u003eVertigo\u003c\/i\u003e (1958), and \u003ci\u003eChinatown\u003c\/i\u003e (1974). Exploring the way that these characters each move from an initial state of reluctant passivity to one of passionate engagement with the world around them, it questions the cinematic forces required to motivate and move them. In its close examinations of each film, the book meditates on the detectives' hunts and how they interact with the cinematic apparatus that captures and presents them to an audience, and it tracks the receptive experience of these films in relation to these questions of motivation and movement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54410231841112,"sku":"9781438492247","price":34.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781438492247.jpg?v=1777894258","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/reluctant-sleuths-true-detectives","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}