You MUST include Bound. Excellent con, and a lot of fun.
Andrew
Quoting "Tzioumakis, Yannis" <[log in to unmask]>:
> Dear all,
>
> I am trying to put together a corpus of films that have as their defining
> characteristic the con game and in particular the con game that is executed
> for material profits (not for revenge or other non-monetary gains).
> Hopefully, I ll be able to discuss them as a distinct genre (sug-genre or
> hybrid genre of some sort).
>
> Besides the films of David Mamet, which are the starting point for this idea
> I have been able to locate a few others, including: The Sting, The Grifters,
> Confidence, Swingers, Palmetto, Chance of Music, Rounders, The Last
> Seduction, Kill Me Again, The Con (made for TV movie) and the films of Steven
> Schachter. Obviously a lot of these films have been labelled neo-noirs.
> However, my taking on the subject is different
>
> Any help will be appreciated
>
> Yannis
>
> Yannis Tzioumakis
> Lecturer in Screen Studies
> Liverpool John Moores University
> Dean Walters Building
> St James Road
> Liverpool
> L1 7BR
> 0151-231-5030
>
>
Andrew Lesk
http://www.andrewlesk.com
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