CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

 

      Introduction: The Heist as Genre

 

1    Origins: The Noir Heist

2    Foundations: The Noir Heist and its Satire as Aesthetic Parables

3    Conventions: The Heist Adapts its Message

4    Returns: Perpetuating the Myth of Originality in the Remake

 

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Index