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"Nikita" (1990) is the story of a nineteen-year old junkie, Nikita (Anne Parillaud) who is given a second chance in life through being trained to be - and becoming - a skilled assassin for the State. "Nikita" is a cult classic, directed by Luc Besson (with Thierry Arbogast as director of photography) in his hallmark powerful style.
The film was an international hit, which spawned a TV series and a Hollywood remake.
Susan Hayward develops here a fresh and provocative way of understanding "Nikita"'s plot structure as a neo-baroque symphony.
She goes in depth into key sequences of the film, examines its reception as a popular film by audiences and critics, and looks at "The Assassin", the Hollywood remake of "Nikita".
This is a wonderfully exciting book on an underrated film.
It also shows that the woman placed at the centre of a film noir can', as Susan Hayward points out, 'for once win - or at least 'get away with it".
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:144 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:28/02/2010
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- ISBN:9780857715197
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:144 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:28/02/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780857715197
