Con Artists in Cinema

Self-Knowledge, Female Power, and Love

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by Joseph Kupfer

Type

Studies

Subject

Theory

Keywords

philosophy

Publishing date

2024

Publisher

Routledge

Collection

Routledge Focus on Film Studies

1st publishing

2023

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 100 pages
5 ½ x 8 ¾ inches (14 x 22 cm)

ISBN

978-1-032-42846-8

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Book Presentation:
This book examines the con artist film as a genre, exploring its main features while also addressing variations within it.

The volume explores three diverse themes of the con artist film: edification, self-awareness, and liberation through con games; the femme fatale as con artist; and romantic love as a plot point. Analyzing movies such as Matchstick Men (2003), House of Games (1987), Body Heat (1981), The Last Seduction (1994), Birthday Girl (2001), and The Game (1997), the book also explores their psychological investigation of the con artist figure, the con artist’s mark, and how the dynamic between these roles implicates us as the audience. It also addresses the con artist film genre’s close association with neo-noir, especially through the femme fatale figure, investigating and updating the rich tradition of noir film.　

Demonstrating the range and flexibility of this understudied genre, this book will be of interest to scholars and students of film studies, ethics, and those studying the representation of women in film..

About the Author:
Joseph H. Kupfer is University Professor of Philosophy at Iowa State University, USA

See the publisher website: Routledge