Mean Streets - Demetrios Matheou (BFI Film Classics) Russia 'This Gun For Hire' Director:

'This Gun For Hire'  Director: Frank Tuttle (1942) Eureka Blu-ray | Starring: Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake

As an elderly man tries to make sense of his changing circumstances his confusion grows

the Nikkatsu art designer fondly remembered for his flamboyant work with Seijun Suzuki in the 1960s

in their isolation the two women's personalities merge

Visually stunning macabre

Mean Streets - Demetrios Matheou (BFI Film Classics) Russia 'This Gun For Hire' Director:'Mean Streets' by Demtrios Matheou (BFI Film Classics paperback 112 pages) Demetrios Matheou's insightful study considers Mean Streets' production history in the context of the New Hollywood period of American cinema, noting also the key roles played by John Cassavetes and Roger Corman. He analyses the importance of Scorsese's background to the film's characters and themes, including preoccupations with guilt, redemption and criminal subcultures; the