Ashbrook J. (ed.) The Crime Time Filmbook

Harpenden: No Exit Press, 1997. — 289 p. — ISBN I-874061-84-X.From Hollywood to Hong Kong, from the violence of film noir and the paranoia of Alfred Hitchcock, to the amoral world of Seven, broadcaster and critic John Ashbrook takes a serious look at trends in modern crime and action movies, and the men behind them. Packed with information, intrigue and insight The Crime Time Filmbook takes a timely look at the movies which made your Top Ten list this year, and those which will make it next year.Quentin’s revenge.
Los Hooligan.
Reservoir Dogs: Let’s Go To Work.
Pulp Fiction: Did You Get the Pancakes?
Pulp Fiction: Gettin’ Medieval on Yo’ Ass.
Cruisin’ for Quentin.
Talking Heads ‘Curdled’.
Profiling.
Danny Boyle & Andrew MacDonald: Digging Shallow.
Joel and Ethan Coen: Dreadful Summit.
Joel and Ethan Coen: Raising Minnesota.
Brian DePalma: The Man Who Knew Too Much.
Joe Eszterhas: Assessing Eszterhas.
William Gibson: Bring Me The Head of Johnny Mnemonic.
Alfred Hitchcock: Mr Hitchcock’s Murder Movies.
Phil Joanou: Hollywood’s Prisoner.
Michael Mann: Re-made in LA.
Martin Scorsese: Neurotic Cities.
Billy Wilder: An American Tragedy.
Wong Kar-Wai and Chris Doyle: Available Light.
Hard cases.
Hard Boiled Cities.
Se7en Up.
Good Cop Bad Cop.
Assassins: Who are these ‘God’s Lonely Men’?
Leon: Gloria in Drag.
Crash: Road Rape.
The Year in Review.
Assassins (Day of Reckoning).
Bad Boys.
The Bait (L’appat).
Batman Forever.
Bullets over Broadway.
The Cable Guy.
Casino.
The Ceremony (Laceremonie).
City Hall.
City on Fire.
Clockers.
The Confessional (Le Confessional).
Copycat.
Crimetime.
The Crow.
City of Angels.
Curdled.
Dead Man Walking.
Dead Man.
Desperado.
Devil in A Blue Dress.
Les Diaboliques (The Fiends).
Diabolique.
Die Hard with a Vengeance.
Dolores Claiborne.
Eraser.
Eye for an Eye.
The Fan.
Fargo.
Fled.
From Dusk Till Dawn.
Get Shorty.
Hackers.
Hate (La Haine).
Halloween.
Heat.
Heaven’s Prisoners.
The Hitcher.
Jade.
Johnny Mnemonic.
Judge Dredd.
The Juror.
Killing Zoe.
Kiss Of Death.
Last Dance.
Last Man Standing.
The Last Supper.
Leon.
Lone Star.
Maximum Risk.
Mission: Impossible.
Mulholland Falls.
Murder in the First.
Mute Witness.
The Net.
Nick of Time.
Once a Thief (Zongheng Sihai).
Primal Fear.
Public Access.
The Rock.
Shallow Grave.
Small Faces.
Strange Days.
Striptease.
Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead.
A Time to Kill.
To Die for.
Trainspotting.
2 Days Inthevalley.
The Usual Suspects.