{"product_id":"death-wish-9781593762896","title":"Death Wish","description":"\u003ci\u003eDeep Focus\u003c\/i\u003e is a series of film books with a fresh approach. Take the smartest, liveliest writers in contemporary letters and let them loose on the most vital and popular corners of cinema history: midnight movies, the New Hollywood of the sixties and seventies, film noir, screwball comedies, international cult classics, and more. Passionate and idiosyncratic, each volume of \u003ci\u003eDeep Focus\u003c\/i\u003e is long-form criticism that’s relentlessly provocative and entertaining.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristopher Sorrentino’s examination of \u003ci\u003eDeath Wish\u003c\/i\u003e is the second entry in the series. The fourth collaboration between director Michael Winner and actor Charles Bronson, \u003ci\u003eDeath Wish\u003c\/i\u003e was the apotheosis of a succession of films hitting screens during the seventies—including \u003ci\u003eBullitt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDirty Harry\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWalking Tall\u003c\/i\u003e—that tacked against a prevailing liberal wind in Hollywood cinema. Exploiting audience fears of a bestial “other” infesting American cities, and explicitly linking law and order with a pastoral ideal of the Old West (and exurban subdivisions), its glib endorsement of vigilantism infuriated liberal critics even as it filled theaters with cheering audiences. Sorrentino examines \u003ci\u003eDeath Wish\u003c\/i\u003e in its various contexts—as movie, as provocation, as social commentary, as political tautology, and as depiction of urban life—and considers its lasting influence on cinema.","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62270181572995,"sku":"9781593762896","price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9781593762896.jpg?v=1785514896","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/death-wish-9781593762896","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}