Best Laid Plans Interrogating The Heist Film

The Heist-a Carefully Organized Robbery Of A Financial Institution Or Other Lucrative Business-has Been A Persistent And Popular Mainstay Of The Crime Film. The Best Laid Plans: Interrogating The Heist Film Asks The Question: Why Has The Heist Film Proved So Appealing To Audiences Over Many Years And In Diverse Cultural Contexts? The Twelve Essays In This Volume, Edited By Jim Leach And Jeannette Sloniowski, Will Explore The Significance Of The Heist Film In Different National Cinemas, As Well As Its Aesthetic Principles And Ideological Issues Such As Representation Of Gender, Race, And Class.the Essays Are Organized In Three Parts Dealing With The Heist Film's International Presence, The Subgenre's Social And Cultural Implications, And Some Theoretical Ways Of Approaching It.