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SUMMARY:Lit and Film: Noir for the Summer of Covid-19
DESCRIPTION:8 sessions\nvia teleconference on Zoom • participation code with registration\nSliding scale admission for teleconference \nContinuing in the MEP LITERATURE GROUP summer tradition\, we will once again delve into Noir genres– but with a twist! Starting August 6\, we will read four books and watch the movies that are based on them. Please join us for four books with the four movies that resulted from them. \nBOOK 1 Odd Man Out /F. L. Green \nF.L. (Laurie) Green’s novel was published in 1945. It followed upon wartime action by the IRA in Belfast\, in consequence of which Northern Ireland undertook its first and only execution of an IRA member\, 19-year old Tom Williams. In the novel\, an IRA plot goes horribly wrong when its leader\, Johnny Murtah\, kills an innocent man\, and he is gravely wounded. Odd Man Out is Green’s most significant novel. \nMOVIE 1 Odd Man Out /Carol Reed • AUGUST 20\nTakes place largely over the course of one tense night\, Reed’s psychological noir\, set in Belfast\, stars James Mason as a revolutionary ex-con who leads a botched robbery. Injured and hunted by the police\, he seeks refuge throughout the city\, while the woman he loves searches for him among the shadows. Reed and cinematographer Robert Krasker create images of stunning depth for this fierce\, spiritual depiction of a man’s ultimate confrontation with himself. \nBOOK 2 Clean Break /Lionel White • AUGUST 27\n“… none of them are professional crooks. They all have jobs\, they all live seemingly decent\, normal lives. But they all have money problems and they all have larceny in them.” In the opening chapter\, Lionel White sets the stage for the main protagonists of the story: Marvin Unger\, court reporter; George Peatty\, a racetrack cashier and his bored wife\, Sherry; Randy Kennan\, a cop distracted by huge gambling debts; Mike O’Reilly\, a track barman\, regularly bets and loses half his earnings; and Johnny Clay\, just out of jail\, and who has come up with the plan to steal the earnings fromthe Canarsie Stakes. Creating diversions becomes necessary\, including knocking off the favourite in the race (animals lovers beware…). \nMOVIE 2 The Killing /Stanley Kubrick • SEPTEMBER 3\nStanley Kubrick’s account of an ambitious racetrack robbery is one of Hollywood’s tautest\, twistiest noirs. Aided by a radically time-shuffling narrative\, razor-sharp dialogue from pulp novelist Jim Thompson\, and a phenomenal cast of character actors\, including Sterling Hayden\, Coleen Gray\, Timothy Carey\, Elisha Cook Jr.\, and Marie Windsor\, The Killing is both a jaunty thriller and a cold-blooded punch to the gut. And with its precise tracking shots and gratifying sense of irony\, it’s Kubrick to the core. \nBOOK 3 Down There /David Goodis • SEPTEMBER 10\nOnce upon a time Eddie played concert piano to reverent audiences at Carnegie Hall—now he does honky-tonk in a Philly drunk-dive. But then two people walk into Eddie’s life—the first promising Eddie a future\, the other dragging him back into a treacherous past. Down There (bookretitled after film to Shoot the Piano Player) is a bittersweet and nerve-racking exploration of different kinds of loyalty. \nMOVIE 3 Shoot The Piano Player /François Truffaut • SEPTEMBER 17\nFrançois Truffaut is drunk on the possibilities of cinema in this\, his most playful film. Part thriller\, part comedy\, part tragedy\, Shoot the Piano Player relates the adventures of mild-mannered piano player Charlie (Charles Aznavour\, in a triumph of hangdog deadpan) as he stumbles into the criminal underworld and a whirlwind love affair. Loaded with gags\, guns\, clowns\, and thugs\, this razor-sharp homage to the American gangster film is pure nouvelle vague. \nBOOK 4 Friends of Eddie Coyle /George V. Higgins • SEPTEMBER 24\nElmore Leonard said that The Friends of Eddie Coyle was the best crime novel ever written\, though Higgins hated being classified as a crime writer. According to Leonard\, “He saw himself as the Charles Dickens of crime in Boston instead of a crime writer. He just understood the human condition and he understood it most vividly in the language and actions among low lives.” \nMOVIE 4 Friends of Eddie Coyle /Peter Yates • OCTOBER 1\nIn one of the best performances of his legendary career\, Robert Mitchum plays small-time gunrunner Eddie “Fingers” Coyle in an adaptation by Peter Yates of George V. Higgins’s acclaimed novel The Friends of Eddie Coyle. Directed with a sharp eye for its gritty locales and an open heart for its less-than-heroic characters\, this is one of the true treasures of 1970s Hollywood filmmaking—a suspenseful crime drama in stark\, unforgiving daylight. \nWe will attempt to watch together. Those who watch the film on their own are of course welcome to join in the discussions following the films as they are presented.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/lit-and-film-noir-for-the-summer-of-covid-19/2020-10-01/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Classes/Events,Film Screenings,Literary Studies,Multi-session Classes
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SUMMARY:Lit and Film: Noir for the Summer of Covid-19
DESCRIPTION:8 sessions\nvia teleconference on Zoom • participation code with registration\nSliding scale admission for teleconference \nContinuing in the MEP LITERATURE GROUP summer tradition\, we will once again delve into Noir genres– but with a twist! Starting August 6\, we will read four books and watch the movies that are based on them. Please join us for four books with the four movies that resulted from them. \nBOOK 1 Odd Man Out /F. L. Green \nF.L. (Laurie) Green’s novel was published in 1945. It followed upon wartime action by the IRA in Belfast\, in consequence of which Northern Ireland undertook its first and only execution of an IRA member\, 19-year old Tom Williams. In the novel\, an IRA plot goes horribly wrong when its leader\, Johnny Murtah\, kills an innocent man\, and he is gravely wounded. Odd Man Out is Green’s most significant novel. \nMOVIE 1 Odd Man Out /Carol Reed • AUGUST 20\nTakes place largely over the course of one tense night\, Reed’s psychological noir\, set in Belfast\, stars James Mason as a revolutionary ex-con who leads a botched robbery. Injured and hunted by the police\, he seeks refuge throughout the city\, while the woman he loves searches for him among the shadows. Reed and cinematographer Robert Krasker create images of stunning depth for this fierce\, spiritual depiction of a man’s ultimate confrontation with himself. \nBOOK 2 Clean Break /Lionel White • AUGUST 27\n“… none of them are professional crooks. They all have jobs\, they all live seemingly decent\, normal lives. But they all have money problems and they all have larceny in them.” In the opening chapter\, Lionel White sets the stage for the main protagonists of the story: Marvin Unger\, court reporter; George Peatty\, a racetrack cashier and his bored wife\, Sherry; Randy Kennan\, a cop distracted by huge gambling debts; Mike O’Reilly\, a track barman\, regularly bets and loses half his earnings; and Johnny Clay\, just out of jail\, and who has come up with the plan to steal the earnings fromthe Canarsie Stakes. Creating diversions becomes necessary\, including knocking off the favourite in the race (animals lovers beware…). \nMOVIE 2 The Killing /Stanley Kubrick • SEPTEMBER 3\nStanley Kubrick’s account of an ambitious racetrack robbery is one of Hollywood’s tautest\, twistiest noirs. Aided by a radically time-shuffling narrative\, razor-sharp dialogue from pulp novelist Jim Thompson\, and a phenomenal cast of character actors\, including Sterling Hayden\, Coleen Gray\, Timothy Carey\, Elisha Cook Jr.\, and Marie Windsor\, The Killing is both a jaunty thriller and a cold-blooded punch to the gut. And with its precise tracking shots and gratifying sense of irony\, it’s Kubrick to the core. \nBOOK 3 Down There /David Goodis • SEPTEMBER 10\nOnce upon a time Eddie played concert piano to reverent audiences at Carnegie Hall—now he does honky-tonk in a Philly drunk-dive. But then two people walk into Eddie’s life—the first promising Eddie a future\, the other dragging him back into a treacherous past. Down There (bookretitled after film to Shoot the Piano Player) is a bittersweet and nerve-racking exploration of different kinds of loyalty. \nMOVIE 3 Shoot The Piano Player /François Truffaut • SEPTEMBER 17\nFrançois Truffaut is drunk on the possibilities of cinema in this\, his most playful film. Part thriller\, part comedy\, part tragedy\, Shoot the Piano Player relates the adventures of mild-mannered piano player Charlie (Charles Aznavour\, in a triumph of hangdog deadpan) as he stumbles into the criminal underworld and a whirlwind love affair. Loaded with gags\, guns\, clowns\, and thugs\, this razor-sharp homage to the American gangster film is pure nouvelle vague. \nBOOK 4 Friends of Eddie Coyle /George V. Higgins • SEPTEMBER 24\nElmore Leonard said that The Friends of Eddie Coyle was the best crime novel ever written\, though Higgins hated being classified as a crime writer. According to Leonard\, “He saw himself as the Charles Dickens of crime in Boston instead of a crime writer. He just understood the human condition and he understood it most vividly in the language and actions among low lives.” \nMOVIE 4 Friends of Eddie Coyle /Peter Yates • OCTOBER 1\nIn one of the best performances of his legendary career\, Robert Mitchum plays small-time gunrunner Eddie “Fingers” Coyle in an adaptation by Peter Yates of George V. Higgins’s acclaimed novel The Friends of Eddie Coyle. Directed with a sharp eye for its gritty locales and an open heart for its less-than-heroic characters\, this is one of the true treasures of 1970s Hollywood filmmaking—a suspenseful crime drama in stark\, unforgiving daylight. \nWe will attempt to watch together. Those who watch the film on their own are of course welcome to join in the discussions following the films as they are presented.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/lit-and-film-noir-for-the-summer-of-covid-19/2020-09-24/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Classes/Events,Film Screenings,Literary Studies,Multi-session Classes
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SUMMARY:Lit and Film: Noir for the Summer of Covid-19
DESCRIPTION:8 sessions\nvia teleconference on Zoom • participation code with registration\nSliding scale admission for teleconference \nContinuing in the MEP LITERATURE GROUP summer tradition\, we will once again delve into Noir genres– but with a twist! Starting August 6\, we will read four books and watch the movies that are based on them. Please join us for four books with the four movies that resulted from them. \nBOOK 1 Odd Man Out /F. L. Green \nF.L. (Laurie) Green’s novel was published in 1945. It followed upon wartime action by the IRA in Belfast\, in consequence of which Northern Ireland undertook its first and only execution of an IRA member\, 19-year old Tom Williams. In the novel\, an IRA plot goes horribly wrong when its leader\, Johnny Murtah\, kills an innocent man\, and he is gravely wounded. Odd Man Out is Green’s most significant novel. \nMOVIE 1 Odd Man Out /Carol Reed • AUGUST 20\nTakes place largely over the course of one tense night\, Reed’s psychological noir\, set in Belfast\, stars James Mason as a revolutionary ex-con who leads a botched robbery. Injured and hunted by the police\, he seeks refuge throughout the city\, while the woman he loves searches for him among the shadows. Reed and cinematographer Robert Krasker create images of stunning depth for this fierce\, spiritual depiction of a man’s ultimate confrontation with himself. \nBOOK 2 Clean Break /Lionel White • AUGUST 27\n“… none of them are professional crooks. They all have jobs\, they all live seemingly decent\, normal lives. But they all have money problems and they all have larceny in them.” In the opening chapter\, Lionel White sets the stage for the main protagonists of the story: Marvin Unger\, court reporter; George Peatty\, a racetrack cashier and his bored wife\, Sherry; Randy Kennan\, a cop distracted by huge gambling debts; Mike O’Reilly\, a track barman\, regularly bets and loses half his earnings; and Johnny Clay\, just out of jail\, and who has come up with the plan to steal the earnings fromthe Canarsie Stakes. Creating diversions becomes necessary\, including knocking off the favourite in the race (animals lovers beware…). \nMOVIE 2 The Killing /Stanley Kubrick • SEPTEMBER 3\nStanley Kubrick’s account of an ambitious racetrack robbery is one of Hollywood’s tautest\, twistiest noirs. Aided by a radically time-shuffling narrative\, razor-sharp dialogue from pulp novelist Jim Thompson\, and a phenomenal cast of character actors\, including Sterling Hayden\, Coleen Gray\, Timothy Carey\, Elisha Cook Jr.\, and Marie Windsor\, The Killing is both a jaunty thriller and a cold-blooded punch to the gut. And with its precise tracking shots and gratifying sense of irony\, it’s Kubrick to the core. \nBOOK 3 Down There /David Goodis • SEPTEMBER 10\nOnce upon a time Eddie played concert piano to reverent audiences at Carnegie Hall—now he does honky-tonk in a Philly drunk-dive. But then two people walk into Eddie’s life—the first promising Eddie a future\, the other dragging him back into a treacherous past. Down There (bookretitled after film to Shoot the Piano Player) is a bittersweet and nerve-racking exploration of different kinds of loyalty. \nMOVIE 3 Shoot The Piano Player /François Truffaut • SEPTEMBER 17\nFrançois Truffaut is drunk on the possibilities of cinema in this\, his most playful film. Part thriller\, part comedy\, part tragedy\, Shoot the Piano Player relates the adventures of mild-mannered piano player Charlie (Charles Aznavour\, in a triumph of hangdog deadpan) as he stumbles into the criminal underworld and a whirlwind love affair. Loaded with gags\, guns\, clowns\, and thugs\, this razor-sharp homage to the American gangster film is pure nouvelle vague. \nBOOK 4 Friends of Eddie Coyle /George V. Higgins • SEPTEMBER 24\nElmore Leonard said that The Friends of Eddie Coyle was the best crime novel ever written\, though Higgins hated being classified as a crime writer. According to Leonard\, “He saw himself as the Charles Dickens of crime in Boston instead of a crime writer. He just understood the human condition and he understood it most vividly in the language and actions among low lives.” \nMOVIE 4 Friends of Eddie Coyle /Peter Yates • OCTOBER 1\nIn one of the best performances of his legendary career\, Robert Mitchum plays small-time gunrunner Eddie “Fingers” Coyle in an adaptation by Peter Yates of George V. Higgins’s acclaimed novel The Friends of Eddie Coyle. Directed with a sharp eye for its gritty locales and an open heart for its less-than-heroic characters\, this is one of the true treasures of 1970s Hollywood filmmaking—a suspenseful crime drama in stark\, unforgiving daylight. \nWe will attempt to watch together. Those who watch the film on their own are of course welcome to join in the discussions following the films as they are presented.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/lit-and-film-noir-for-the-summer-of-covid-19/2020-09-17/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Classes/Events,Film Screenings,Literary Studies,Multi-session Classes
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SUMMARY:Lit and Film: Noir for the Summer of Covid-19
DESCRIPTION:8 sessions\nvia teleconference on Zoom • participation code with registration\nSliding scale admission for teleconference \nContinuing in the MEP LITERATURE GROUP summer tradition\, we will once again delve into Noir genres– but with a twist! Starting August 6\, we will read four books and watch the movies that are based on them. Please join us for four books with the four movies that resulted from them. \nBOOK 1 Odd Man Out /F. L. Green \nF.L. (Laurie) Green’s novel was published in 1945. It followed upon wartime action by the IRA in Belfast\, in consequence of which Northern Ireland undertook its first and only execution of an IRA member\, 19-year old Tom Williams. In the novel\, an IRA plot goes horribly wrong when its leader\, Johnny Murtah\, kills an innocent man\, and he is gravely wounded. Odd Man Out is Green’s most significant novel. \nMOVIE 1 Odd Man Out /Carol Reed • AUGUST 20\nTakes place largely over the course of one tense night\, Reed’s psychological noir\, set in Belfast\, stars James Mason as a revolutionary ex-con who leads a botched robbery. Injured and hunted by the police\, he seeks refuge throughout the city\, while the woman he loves searches for him among the shadows. Reed and cinematographer Robert Krasker create images of stunning depth for this fierce\, spiritual depiction of a man’s ultimate confrontation with himself. \nBOOK 2 Clean Break /Lionel White • AUGUST 27\n“… none of them are professional crooks. They all have jobs\, they all live seemingly decent\, normal lives. But they all have money problems and they all have larceny in them.” In the opening chapter\, Lionel White sets the stage for the main protagonists of the story: Marvin Unger\, court reporter; George Peatty\, a racetrack cashier and his bored wife\, Sherry; Randy Kennan\, a cop distracted by huge gambling debts; Mike O’Reilly\, a track barman\, regularly bets and loses half his earnings; and Johnny Clay\, just out of jail\, and who has come up with the plan to steal the earnings fromthe Canarsie Stakes. Creating diversions becomes necessary\, including knocking off the favourite in the race (animals lovers beware…). \nMOVIE 2 The Killing /Stanley Kubrick • SEPTEMBER 3\nStanley Kubrick’s account of an ambitious racetrack robbery is one of Hollywood’s tautest\, twistiest noirs. Aided by a radically time-shuffling narrative\, razor-sharp dialogue from pulp novelist Jim Thompson\, and a phenomenal cast of character actors\, including Sterling Hayden\, Coleen Gray\, Timothy Carey\, Elisha Cook Jr.\, and Marie Windsor\, The Killing is both a jaunty thriller and a cold-blooded punch to the gut. And with its precise tracking shots and gratifying sense of irony\, it’s Kubrick to the core. \nBOOK 3 Down There /David Goodis • SEPTEMBER 10\nOnce upon a time Eddie played concert piano to reverent audiences at Carnegie Hall—now he does honky-tonk in a Philly drunk-dive. But then two people walk into Eddie’s life—the first promising Eddie a future\, the other dragging him back into a treacherous past. Down There (bookretitled after film to Shoot the Piano Player) is a bittersweet and nerve-racking exploration of different kinds of loyalty. \nMOVIE 3 Shoot The Piano Player /François Truffaut • SEPTEMBER 17\nFrançois Truffaut is drunk on the possibilities of cinema in this\, his most playful film. Part thriller\, part comedy\, part tragedy\, Shoot the Piano Player relates the adventures of mild-mannered piano player Charlie (Charles Aznavour\, in a triumph of hangdog deadpan) as he stumbles into the criminal underworld and a whirlwind love affair. Loaded with gags\, guns\, clowns\, and thugs\, this razor-sharp homage to the American gangster film is pure nouvelle vague. \nBOOK 4 Friends of Eddie Coyle /George V. Higgins • SEPTEMBER 24\nElmore Leonard said that The Friends of Eddie Coyle was the best crime novel ever written\, though Higgins hated being classified as a crime writer. According to Leonard\, “He saw himself as the Charles Dickens of crime in Boston instead of a crime writer. He just understood the human condition and he understood it most vividly in the language and actions among low lives.” \nMOVIE 4 Friends of Eddie Coyle /Peter Yates • OCTOBER 1\nIn one of the best performances of his legendary career\, Robert Mitchum plays small-time gunrunner Eddie “Fingers” Coyle in an adaptation by Peter Yates of George V. Higgins’s acclaimed novel The Friends of Eddie Coyle. Directed with a sharp eye for its gritty locales and an open heart for its less-than-heroic characters\, this is one of the true treasures of 1970s Hollywood filmmaking—a suspenseful crime drama in stark\, unforgiving daylight. \nWe will attempt to watch together. Those who watch the film on their own are of course welcome to join in the discussions following the films as they are presented.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/lit-and-film-noir-for-the-summer-of-covid-19/2020-09-10/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Classes/Events,Film Screenings,Literary Studies,Multi-session Classes
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SUMMARY:Lit and Film: Noir for the Summer of Covid-19
DESCRIPTION:8 sessions\nvia teleconference on Zoom • participation code with registration\nSliding scale admission for teleconference \nContinuing in the MEP LITERATURE GROUP summer tradition\, we will once again delve into Noir genres– but with a twist! Starting August 6\, we will read four books and watch the movies that are based on them. Please join us for four books with the four movies that resulted from them. \nBOOK 1 Odd Man Out /F. L. Green \nF.L. (Laurie) Green’s novel was published in 1945. It followed upon wartime action by the IRA in Belfast\, in consequence of which Northern Ireland undertook its first and only execution of an IRA member\, 19-year old Tom Williams. In the novel\, an IRA plot goes horribly wrong when its leader\, Johnny Murtah\, kills an innocent man\, and he is gravely wounded. Odd Man Out is Green’s most significant novel. \nMOVIE 1 Odd Man Out /Carol Reed • AUGUST 20\nTakes place largely over the course of one tense night\, Reed’s psychological noir\, set in Belfast\, stars James Mason as a revolutionary ex-con who leads a botched robbery. Injured and hunted by the police\, he seeks refuge throughout the city\, while the woman he loves searches for him among the shadows. Reed and cinematographer Robert Krasker create images of stunning depth for this fierce\, spiritual depiction of a man’s ultimate confrontation with himself. \nBOOK 2 Clean Break /Lionel White • AUGUST 27\n“… none of them are professional crooks. They all have jobs\, they all live seemingly decent\, normal lives. But they all have money problems and they all have larceny in them.” In the opening chapter\, Lionel White sets the stage for the main protagonists of the story: Marvin Unger\, court reporter; George Peatty\, a racetrack cashier and his bored wife\, Sherry; Randy Kennan\, a cop distracted by huge gambling debts; Mike O’Reilly\, a track barman\, regularly bets and loses half his earnings; and Johnny Clay\, just out of jail\, and who has come up with the plan to steal the earnings fromthe Canarsie Stakes. Creating diversions becomes necessary\, including knocking off the favourite in the race (animals lovers beware…). \nMOVIE 2 The Killing /Stanley Kubrick • SEPTEMBER 3\nStanley Kubrick’s account of an ambitious racetrack robbery is one of Hollywood’s tautest\, twistiest noirs. Aided by a radically time-shuffling narrative\, razor-sharp dialogue from pulp novelist Jim Thompson\, and a phenomenal cast of character actors\, including Sterling Hayden\, Coleen Gray\, Timothy Carey\, Elisha Cook Jr.\, and Marie Windsor\, The Killing is both a jaunty thriller and a cold-blooded punch to the gut. And with its precise tracking shots and gratifying sense of irony\, it’s Kubrick to the core. \nBOOK 3 Down There /David Goodis • SEPTEMBER 10\nOnce upon a time Eddie played concert piano to reverent audiences at Carnegie Hall—now he does honky-tonk in a Philly drunk-dive. But then two people walk into Eddie’s life—the first promising Eddie a future\, the other dragging him back into a treacherous past. Down There (bookretitled after film to Shoot the Piano Player) is a bittersweet and nerve-racking exploration of different kinds of loyalty. \nMOVIE 3 Shoot The Piano Player /François Truffaut • SEPTEMBER 17\nFrançois Truffaut is drunk on the possibilities of cinema in this\, his most playful film. Part thriller\, part comedy\, part tragedy\, Shoot the Piano Player relates the adventures of mild-mannered piano player Charlie (Charles Aznavour\, in a triumph of hangdog deadpan) as he stumbles into the criminal underworld and a whirlwind love affair. Loaded with gags\, guns\, clowns\, and thugs\, this razor-sharp homage to the American gangster film is pure nouvelle vague. \nBOOK 4 Friends of Eddie Coyle /George V. Higgins • SEPTEMBER 24\nElmore Leonard said that The Friends of Eddie Coyle was the best crime novel ever written\, though Higgins hated being classified as a crime writer. According to Leonard\, “He saw himself as the Charles Dickens of crime in Boston instead of a crime writer. He just understood the human condition and he understood it most vividly in the language and actions among low lives.” \nMOVIE 4 Friends of Eddie Coyle /Peter Yates • OCTOBER 1\nIn one of the best performances of his legendary career\, Robert Mitchum plays small-time gunrunner Eddie “Fingers” Coyle in an adaptation by Peter Yates of George V. Higgins’s acclaimed novel The Friends of Eddie Coyle. Directed with a sharp eye for its gritty locales and an open heart for its less-than-heroic characters\, this is one of the true treasures of 1970s Hollywood filmmaking—a suspenseful crime drama in stark\, unforgiving daylight. \nWe will attempt to watch together. Those who watch the film on their own are of course welcome to join in the discussions following the films as they are presented.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/lit-and-film-noir-for-the-summer-of-covid-19/2020-09-03/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Classes/Events,Film Screenings,Literary Studies,Multi-session Classes
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SUMMARY:Lit and Film: Noir for the Summer of Covid-19
DESCRIPTION:8 sessions\nvia teleconference on Zoom • participation code with registration\nSliding scale admission for teleconference \nContinuing in the MEP LITERATURE GROUP summer tradition\, we will once again delve into Noir genres– but with a twist! Starting August 6\, we will read four books and watch the movies that are based on them. Please join us for four books with the four movies that resulted from them. \nBOOK 1 Odd Man Out /F. L. Green \nF.L. (Laurie) Green’s novel was published in 1945. It followed upon wartime action by the IRA in Belfast\, in consequence of which Northern Ireland undertook its first and only execution of an IRA member\, 19-year old Tom Williams. In the novel\, an IRA plot goes horribly wrong when its leader\, Johnny Murtah\, kills an innocent man\, and he is gravely wounded. Odd Man Out is Green’s most significant novel. \nMOVIE 1 Odd Man Out /Carol Reed • AUGUST 20\nTakes place largely over the course of one tense night\, Reed’s psychological noir\, set in Belfast\, stars James Mason as a revolutionary ex-con who leads a botched robbery. Injured and hunted by the police\, he seeks refuge throughout the city\, while the woman he loves searches for him among the shadows. Reed and cinematographer Robert Krasker create images of stunning depth for this fierce\, spiritual depiction of a man’s ultimate confrontation with himself. \nBOOK 2 Clean Break /Lionel White • AUGUST 27\n“… none of them are professional crooks. They all have jobs\, they all live seemingly decent\, normal lives. But they all have money problems and they all have larceny in them.” In the opening chapter\, Lionel White sets the stage for the main protagonists of the story: Marvin Unger\, court reporter; George Peatty\, a racetrack cashier and his bored wife\, Sherry; Randy Kennan\, a cop distracted by huge gambling debts; Mike O’Reilly\, a track barman\, regularly bets and loses half his earnings; and Johnny Clay\, just out of jail\, and who has come up with the plan to steal the earnings fromthe Canarsie Stakes. Creating diversions becomes necessary\, including knocking off the favourite in the race (animals lovers beware…). \nMOVIE 2 The Killing /Stanley Kubrick • SEPTEMBER 3\nStanley Kubrick’s account of an ambitious racetrack robbery is one of Hollywood’s tautest\, twistiest noirs. Aided by a radically time-shuffling narrative\, razor-sharp dialogue from pulp novelist Jim Thompson\, and a phenomenal cast of character actors\, including Sterling Hayden\, Coleen Gray\, Timothy Carey\, Elisha Cook Jr.\, and Marie Windsor\, The Killing is both a jaunty thriller and a cold-blooded punch to the gut. And with its precise tracking shots and gratifying sense of irony\, it’s Kubrick to the core. \nBOOK 3 Down There /David Goodis • SEPTEMBER 10\nOnce upon a time Eddie played concert piano to reverent audiences at Carnegie Hall—now he does honky-tonk in a Philly drunk-dive. But then two people walk into Eddie’s life—the first promising Eddie a future\, the other dragging him back into a treacherous past. Down There (bookretitled after film to Shoot the Piano Player) is a bittersweet and nerve-racking exploration of different kinds of loyalty. \nMOVIE 3 Shoot The Piano Player /François Truffaut • SEPTEMBER 17\nFrançois Truffaut is drunk on the possibilities of cinema in this\, his most playful film. Part thriller\, part comedy\, part tragedy\, Shoot the Piano Player relates the adventures of mild-mannered piano player Charlie (Charles Aznavour\, in a triumph of hangdog deadpan) as he stumbles into the criminal underworld and a whirlwind love affair. Loaded with gags\, guns\, clowns\, and thugs\, this razor-sharp homage to the American gangster film is pure nouvelle vague. \nBOOK 4 Friends of Eddie Coyle /George V. Higgins • SEPTEMBER 24\nElmore Leonard said that The Friends of Eddie Coyle was the best crime novel ever written\, though Higgins hated being classified as a crime writer. According to Leonard\, “He saw himself as the Charles Dickens of crime in Boston instead of a crime writer. He just understood the human condition and he understood it most vividly in the language and actions among low lives.” \nMOVIE 4 Friends of Eddie Coyle /Peter Yates • OCTOBER 1\nIn one of the best performances of his legendary career\, Robert Mitchum plays small-time gunrunner Eddie “Fingers” Coyle in an adaptation by Peter Yates of George V. Higgins’s acclaimed novel The Friends of Eddie Coyle. Directed with a sharp eye for its gritty locales and an open heart for its less-than-heroic characters\, this is one of the true treasures of 1970s Hollywood filmmaking—a suspenseful crime drama in stark\, unforgiving daylight. \nWe will attempt to watch together. Those who watch the film on their own are of course welcome to join in the discussions following the films as they are presented.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/lit-and-film-noir-for-the-summer-of-covid-19/2020-08-27/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Classes/Events,Film Screenings,Literary Studies,Multi-session Classes
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SUMMARY:Lit and Film: Noir for the Summer of Covid-19
DESCRIPTION:8 sessions\nvia teleconference on Zoom • participation code with registration\nSliding scale admission for teleconference \nContinuing in the MEP LITERATURE GROUP summer tradition\, we will once again delve into Noir genres– but with a twist! Starting August 6\, we will read four books and watch the movies that are based on them. Please join us for four books with the four movies that resulted from them. \nBOOK 1 Odd Man Out /F. L. Green \nF.L. (Laurie) Green’s novel was published in 1945. It followed upon wartime action by the IRA in Belfast\, in consequence of which Northern Ireland undertook its first and only execution of an IRA member\, 19-year old Tom Williams. In the novel\, an IRA plot goes horribly wrong when its leader\, Johnny Murtah\, kills an innocent man\, and he is gravely wounded. Odd Man Out is Green’s most significant novel. \nMOVIE 1 Odd Man Out /Carol Reed • AUGUST 20\nTakes place largely over the course of one tense night\, Reed’s psychological noir\, set in Belfast\, stars James Mason as a revolutionary ex-con who leads a botched robbery. Injured and hunted by the police\, he seeks refuge throughout the city\, while the woman he loves searches for him among the shadows. Reed and cinematographer Robert Krasker create images of stunning depth for this fierce\, spiritual depiction of a man’s ultimate confrontation with himself. \nBOOK 2 Clean Break /Lionel White • AUGUST 27\n“… none of them are professional crooks. They all have jobs\, they all live seemingly decent\, normal lives. But they all have money problems and they all have larceny in them.” In the opening chapter\, Lionel White sets the stage for the main protagonists of the story: Marvin Unger\, court reporter; George Peatty\, a racetrack cashier and his bored wife\, Sherry; Randy Kennan\, a cop distracted by huge gambling debts; Mike O’Reilly\, a track barman\, regularly bets and loses half his earnings; and Johnny Clay\, just out of jail\, and who has come up with the plan to steal the earnings fromthe Canarsie Stakes. Creating diversions becomes necessary\, including knocking off the favourite in the race (animals lovers beware…). \nMOVIE 2 The Killing /Stanley Kubrick • SEPTEMBER 3\nStanley Kubrick’s account of an ambitious racetrack robbery is one of Hollywood’s tautest\, twistiest noirs. Aided by a radically time-shuffling narrative\, razor-sharp dialogue from pulp novelist Jim Thompson\, and a phenomenal cast of character actors\, including Sterling Hayden\, Coleen Gray\, Timothy Carey\, Elisha Cook Jr.\, and Marie Windsor\, The Killing is both a jaunty thriller and a cold-blooded punch to the gut. And with its precise tracking shots and gratifying sense of irony\, it’s Kubrick to the core. \nBOOK 3 Down There /David Goodis • SEPTEMBER 10\nOnce upon a time Eddie played concert piano to reverent audiences at Carnegie Hall—now he does honky-tonk in a Philly drunk-dive. But then two people walk into Eddie’s life—the first promising Eddie a future\, the other dragging him back into a treacherous past. Down There (bookretitled after film to Shoot the Piano Player) is a bittersweet and nerve-racking exploration of different kinds of loyalty. \nMOVIE 3 Shoot The Piano Player /François Truffaut • SEPTEMBER 17\nFrançois Truffaut is drunk on the possibilities of cinema in this\, his most playful film. Part thriller\, part comedy\, part tragedy\, Shoot the Piano Player relates the adventures of mild-mannered piano player Charlie (Charles Aznavour\, in a triumph of hangdog deadpan) as he stumbles into the criminal underworld and a whirlwind love affair. Loaded with gags\, guns\, clowns\, and thugs\, this razor-sharp homage to the American gangster film is pure nouvelle vague. \nBOOK 4 Friends of Eddie Coyle /George V. Higgins • SEPTEMBER 24\nElmore Leonard said that The Friends of Eddie Coyle was the best crime novel ever written\, though Higgins hated being classified as a crime writer. According to Leonard\, “He saw himself as the Charles Dickens of crime in Boston instead of a crime writer. He just understood the human condition and he understood it most vividly in the language and actions among low lives.” \nMOVIE 4 Friends of Eddie Coyle /Peter Yates • OCTOBER 1\nIn one of the best performances of his legendary career\, Robert Mitchum plays small-time gunrunner Eddie “Fingers” Coyle in an adaptation by Peter Yates of George V. Higgins’s acclaimed novel The Friends of Eddie Coyle. Directed with a sharp eye for its gritty locales and an open heart for its less-than-heroic characters\, this is one of the true treasures of 1970s Hollywood filmmaking—a suspenseful crime drama in stark\, unforgiving daylight. \nWe will attempt to watch together. Those who watch the film on their own are of course welcome to join in the discussions following the films as they are presented.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/lit-and-film-noir-for-the-summer-of-covid-19/2020-08-20/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Classes/Events,Film Screenings,Literary Studies,Multi-session Classes
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SUMMARY:Jean-Patrick Manchette’s Nada
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate the just published new translation of Nada\, with Donald Nicholson-Smith\, New York Review of Books and The MEP\nThis is a New York City reception for the latest translation of Nada\, a newly-translated work of Jean-Patrick Manchette\, to be published on August 27 by New York Review of Books. Donald Nicholson-Smith has been translating the work of Manchette for English-reading audiences for more than a decade. At this event at Unnamable Books we will celebrate the release of Nada\, but our subject will also include all the works of Manchette\, including other novels published by NYRB\, such as The Mad and The Bad\, Fatale\, and Ivory Pearl. Donald will consider the influences on Manchette and share his long-term relationship with many of Manchette’s works
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/jean-patrick-manchettes-nada/
LOCATION:Unnameable Books\, 600 Vanderbilt Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY
CATEGORIES:Classes/Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180830T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180830T210000
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SUMMARY:Summer In The Dark: Crime and the Capitalist Way
DESCRIPTION:Deals made in the shade by those packing heat\nSix noir novels for the Summer of 2018 \nNOTE THAT THE STARTING TIME HAS CHANGED TO 7:00 PM \nRed Harvest by Dashiell Hammett (1929)\nDrawn upon his experience as a Pinkerton strike breaker in the 1920 Anaconda miners strike\, Hammett creates the character of the Continental Op\, a detective hired by a copper boss to clear the town of the gangsters the boss originally hired to break a miners’ strike. The Continental Op knows the gangsters and he knows the cops and he knows how to set them against each other—all set in the town of Poisonville.  \nFarewell My Lovely by Raymond Chandler (1940)\nMoose Malloy just got out of prison and he’s looking for Velma\, his old flame. The big man drags Philip Marlowe into the search for Velma. By the end of the night\, Marlowe witnesses Malloy kill a man. The cops aren’t overly concerned to find Malloy because the dead man is black. Marlowe decides to keep looking for Velma. The search draws him into the seedy side of Hollywood: blackmailers\, drug peddling psychics\, crooked cops and a crooked city government.. \nThe Kill Off by Jim Thompson (1957)\nSet in a resort town which did not enjoy any kind of post-war boom. Not only is the town not getting enough summer visitors\, the richest lady in town is a mean gossip and everyone has a reason to kill her. When she’s found dead\, the question is\, which of the self-deceiving\, vicious\, and broke residents killed her? Jim Thompson\, honored  as a “dimestore Dostoevsky” excels in writing the interior monologues of isolated and frustrated small town individuals.  \nThe Mad and The Bad by Patrick Manchette (1972)\nThis\, like all good descendents of pulps\, is a quick\, violent story with an ending that is not a comfortable happy solution. Manchette\, a veteran of the events of France during May of 1968\, returned the French detective story to corruption and violence. In The Mad and The Bad thugs and a contract killer attempt to kill Julie\, a troubled young woman\, and her charge\, an unpleasant orphan.  \nRipley’s Game by Patricia Highsmith (1974) continues the successful career of the murderer and art forger Thomas Ripley who decides to amuse himself by manipulating a man who slighted him into committing murder. Ripley uses gossip and the unsavory characters who move art forgeries to break a sick man anxious for his family’s well-being after his death. \nThe Shadow of a Shadow by Paco Ignacio Taibo II (2006)\nFour friends gather to play dominoes in 1922. The Mexican Revolution has been betrayed and the four are trying to get by: the poet by writing patent medicine ad copy; the union organizer by silences and strikes; the lawyer by representing prostitutes; and the crime reporter by churning out copy. Left to their own devices\, the group would have waited out Carranza’s presidency\, but they witness a series of strangely related murders and begin to suspect a conspiracy involving the oil-rich lands of the Gulf Coast\, greedy army officers\, and American industrialists. Taibo sets the four out to investigate with a great sense of humor\, despite the grisly realities. \nTHE ANTI-BOURGEOIS SUMMER READING GROUP is open to all. This is a second consecutive summer exploring noir/crime fiction. We spend two weeks on each book.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/summer-in-the-dark-crime-and-the-capitalist-way/2018-08-30/
LOCATION:United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180823T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180823T210000
DTSTAMP:20180622T132301Z
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SUMMARY:Summer In The Dark: Crime and the Capitalist Way
DESCRIPTION:Deals made in the shade by those packing heat\nSix noir novels for the Summer of 2018 \nNOTE THAT THE STARTING TIME HAS CHANGED TO 7:00 PM \nRed Harvest by Dashiell Hammett (1929)\nDrawn upon his experience as a Pinkerton strike breaker in the 1920 Anaconda miners strike\, Hammett creates the character of the Continental Op\, a detective hired by a copper boss to clear the town of the gangsters the boss originally hired to break a miners’ strike. The Continental Op knows the gangsters and he knows the cops and he knows how to set them against each other—all set in the town of Poisonville.  \nFarewell My Lovely by Raymond Chandler (1940)\nMoose Malloy just got out of prison and he’s looking for Velma\, his old flame. The big man drags Philip Marlowe into the search for Velma. By the end of the night\, Marlowe witnesses Malloy kill a man. The cops aren’t overly concerned to find Malloy because the dead man is black. Marlowe decides to keep looking for Velma. The search draws him into the seedy side of Hollywood: blackmailers\, drug peddling psychics\, crooked cops and a crooked city government.. \nThe Kill Off by Jim Thompson (1957)\nSet in a resort town which did not enjoy any kind of post-war boom. Not only is the town not getting enough summer visitors\, the richest lady in town is a mean gossip and everyone has a reason to kill her. When she’s found dead\, the question is\, which of the self-deceiving\, vicious\, and broke residents killed her? Jim Thompson\, honored  as a “dimestore Dostoevsky” excels in writing the interior monologues of isolated and frustrated small town individuals.  \nThe Mad and The Bad by Patrick Manchette (1972)\nThis\, like all good descendents of pulps\, is a quick\, violent story with an ending that is not a comfortable happy solution. Manchette\, a veteran of the events of France during May of 1968\, returned the French detective story to corruption and violence. In The Mad and The Bad thugs and a contract killer attempt to kill Julie\, a troubled young woman\, and her charge\, an unpleasant orphan.  \nRipley’s Game by Patricia Highsmith (1974) continues the successful career of the murderer and art forger Thomas Ripley who decides to amuse himself by manipulating a man who slighted him into committing murder. Ripley uses gossip and the unsavory characters who move art forgeries to break a sick man anxious for his family’s well-being after his death. \nThe Shadow of a Shadow by Paco Ignacio Taibo II (2006)\nFour friends gather to play dominoes in 1922. The Mexican Revolution has been betrayed and the four are trying to get by: the poet by writing patent medicine ad copy; the union organizer by silences and strikes; the lawyer by representing prostitutes; and the crime reporter by churning out copy. Left to their own devices\, the group would have waited out Carranza’s presidency\, but they witness a series of strangely related murders and begin to suspect a conspiracy involving the oil-rich lands of the Gulf Coast\, greedy army officers\, and American industrialists. Taibo sets the four out to investigate with a great sense of humor\, despite the grisly realities. \nTHE ANTI-BOURGEOIS SUMMER READING GROUP is open to all. This is a second consecutive summer exploring noir/crime fiction. We spend two weeks on each book.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/summer-in-the-dark-crime-and-the-capitalist-way/2018-08-23/
LOCATION:United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180816T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180816T210000
DTSTAMP:20180622T132301Z
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SUMMARY:Summer In The Dark: Crime and the Capitalist Way
DESCRIPTION:Deals made in the shade by those packing heat\nSix noir novels for the Summer of 2018 \nNOTE THAT THE STARTING TIME HAS CHANGED TO 7:00 PM \nRed Harvest by Dashiell Hammett (1929)\nDrawn upon his experience as a Pinkerton strike breaker in the 1920 Anaconda miners strike\, Hammett creates the character of the Continental Op\, a detective hired by a copper boss to clear the town of the gangsters the boss originally hired to break a miners’ strike. The Continental Op knows the gangsters and he knows the cops and he knows how to set them against each other—all set in the town of Poisonville.  \nFarewell My Lovely by Raymond Chandler (1940)\nMoose Malloy just got out of prison and he’s looking for Velma\, his old flame. The big man drags Philip Marlowe into the search for Velma. By the end of the night\, Marlowe witnesses Malloy kill a man. The cops aren’t overly concerned to find Malloy because the dead man is black. Marlowe decides to keep looking for Velma. The search draws him into the seedy side of Hollywood: blackmailers\, drug peddling psychics\, crooked cops and a crooked city government.. \nThe Kill Off by Jim Thompson (1957)\nSet in a resort town which did not enjoy any kind of post-war boom. Not only is the town not getting enough summer visitors\, the richest lady in town is a mean gossip and everyone has a reason to kill her. When she’s found dead\, the question is\, which of the self-deceiving\, vicious\, and broke residents killed her? Jim Thompson\, honored  as a “dimestore Dostoevsky” excels in writing the interior monologues of isolated and frustrated small town individuals.  \nThe Mad and The Bad by Patrick Manchette (1972)\nThis\, like all good descendents of pulps\, is a quick\, violent story with an ending that is not a comfortable happy solution. Manchette\, a veteran of the events of France during May of 1968\, returned the French detective story to corruption and violence. In The Mad and The Bad thugs and a contract killer attempt to kill Julie\, a troubled young woman\, and her charge\, an unpleasant orphan.  \nRipley’s Game by Patricia Highsmith (1974) continues the successful career of the murderer and art forger Thomas Ripley who decides to amuse himself by manipulating a man who slighted him into committing murder. Ripley uses gossip and the unsavory characters who move art forgeries to break a sick man anxious for his family’s well-being after his death. \nThe Shadow of a Shadow by Paco Ignacio Taibo II (2006)\nFour friends gather to play dominoes in 1922. The Mexican Revolution has been betrayed and the four are trying to get by: the poet by writing patent medicine ad copy; the union organizer by silences and strikes; the lawyer by representing prostitutes; and the crime reporter by churning out copy. Left to their own devices\, the group would have waited out Carranza’s presidency\, but they witness a series of strangely related murders and begin to suspect a conspiracy involving the oil-rich lands of the Gulf Coast\, greedy army officers\, and American industrialists. Taibo sets the four out to investigate with a great sense of humor\, despite the grisly realities. \nTHE ANTI-BOURGEOIS SUMMER READING GROUP is open to all. This is a second consecutive summer exploring noir/crime fiction. We spend two weeks on each book.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/summer-in-the-dark-crime-and-the-capitalist-way/2018-08-16/
LOCATION:United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180809T210000
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SUMMARY:Summer In The Dark: Crime and the Capitalist Way
DESCRIPTION:Deals made in the shade by those packing heat\nSix noir novels for the Summer of 2018 \nNOTE THAT THE STARTING TIME HAS CHANGED TO 7:00 PM \nRed Harvest by Dashiell Hammett (1929)\nDrawn upon his experience as a Pinkerton strike breaker in the 1920 Anaconda miners strike\, Hammett creates the character of the Continental Op\, a detective hired by a copper boss to clear the town of the gangsters the boss originally hired to break a miners’ strike. The Continental Op knows the gangsters and he knows the cops and he knows how to set them against each other—all set in the town of Poisonville.  \nFarewell My Lovely by Raymond Chandler (1940)\nMoose Malloy just got out of prison and he’s looking for Velma\, his old flame. The big man drags Philip Marlowe into the search for Velma. By the end of the night\, Marlowe witnesses Malloy kill a man. The cops aren’t overly concerned to find Malloy because the dead man is black. Marlowe decides to keep looking for Velma. The search draws him into the seedy side of Hollywood: blackmailers\, drug peddling psychics\, crooked cops and a crooked city government.. \nThe Kill Off by Jim Thompson (1957)\nSet in a resort town which did not enjoy any kind of post-war boom. Not only is the town not getting enough summer visitors\, the richest lady in town is a mean gossip and everyone has a reason to kill her. When she’s found dead\, the question is\, which of the self-deceiving\, vicious\, and broke residents killed her? Jim Thompson\, honored  as a “dimestore Dostoevsky” excels in writing the interior monologues of isolated and frustrated small town individuals.  \nThe Mad and The Bad by Patrick Manchette (1972)\nThis\, like all good descendents of pulps\, is a quick\, violent story with an ending that is not a comfortable happy solution. Manchette\, a veteran of the events of France during May of 1968\, returned the French detective story to corruption and violence. In The Mad and The Bad thugs and a contract killer attempt to kill Julie\, a troubled young woman\, and her charge\, an unpleasant orphan.  \nRipley’s Game by Patricia Highsmith (1974) continues the successful career of the murderer and art forger Thomas Ripley who decides to amuse himself by manipulating a man who slighted him into committing murder. Ripley uses gossip and the unsavory characters who move art forgeries to break a sick man anxious for his family’s well-being after his death. \nThe Shadow of a Shadow by Paco Ignacio Taibo II (2006)\nFour friends gather to play dominoes in 1922. The Mexican Revolution has been betrayed and the four are trying to get by: the poet by writing patent medicine ad copy; the union organizer by silences and strikes; the lawyer by representing prostitutes; and the crime reporter by churning out copy. Left to their own devices\, the group would have waited out Carranza’s presidency\, but they witness a series of strangely related murders and begin to suspect a conspiracy involving the oil-rich lands of the Gulf Coast\, greedy army officers\, and American industrialists. Taibo sets the four out to investigate with a great sense of humor\, despite the grisly realities. \nTHE ANTI-BOURGEOIS SUMMER READING GROUP is open to all. This is a second consecutive summer exploring noir/crime fiction. We spend two weeks on each book.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/summer-in-the-dark-crime-and-the-capitalist-way/2018-08-09/
LOCATION:United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180802T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180802T210000
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SUMMARY:Summer In The Dark: Crime and the Capitalist Way
DESCRIPTION:Deals made in the shade by those packing heat\nSix noir novels for the Summer of 2018 \nNOTE THAT THE STARTING TIME HAS CHANGED TO 7:00 PM \nRed Harvest by Dashiell Hammett (1929)\nDrawn upon his experience as a Pinkerton strike breaker in the 1920 Anaconda miners strike\, Hammett creates the character of the Continental Op\, a detective hired by a copper boss to clear the town of the gangsters the boss originally hired to break a miners’ strike. The Continental Op knows the gangsters and he knows the cops and he knows how to set them against each other—all set in the town of Poisonville.  \nFarewell My Lovely by Raymond Chandler (1940)\nMoose Malloy just got out of prison and he’s looking for Velma\, his old flame. The big man drags Philip Marlowe into the search for Velma. By the end of the night\, Marlowe witnesses Malloy kill a man. The cops aren’t overly concerned to find Malloy because the dead man is black. Marlowe decides to keep looking for Velma. The search draws him into the seedy side of Hollywood: blackmailers\, drug peddling psychics\, crooked cops and a crooked city government.. \nThe Kill Off by Jim Thompson (1957)\nSet in a resort town which did not enjoy any kind of post-war boom. Not only is the town not getting enough summer visitors\, the richest lady in town is a mean gossip and everyone has a reason to kill her. When she’s found dead\, the question is\, which of the self-deceiving\, vicious\, and broke residents killed her? Jim Thompson\, honored  as a “dimestore Dostoevsky” excels in writing the interior monologues of isolated and frustrated small town individuals.  \nThe Mad and The Bad by Patrick Manchette (1972)\nThis\, like all good descendents of pulps\, is a quick\, violent story with an ending that is not a comfortable happy solution. Manchette\, a veteran of the events of France during May of 1968\, returned the French detective story to corruption and violence. In The Mad and The Bad thugs and a contract killer attempt to kill Julie\, a troubled young woman\, and her charge\, an unpleasant orphan.  \nRipley’s Game by Patricia Highsmith (1974) continues the successful career of the murderer and art forger Thomas Ripley who decides to amuse himself by manipulating a man who slighted him into committing murder. Ripley uses gossip and the unsavory characters who move art forgeries to break a sick man anxious for his family’s well-being after his death. \nThe Shadow of a Shadow by Paco Ignacio Taibo II (2006)\nFour friends gather to play dominoes in 1922. The Mexican Revolution has been betrayed and the four are trying to get by: the poet by writing patent medicine ad copy; the union organizer by silences and strikes; the lawyer by representing prostitutes; and the crime reporter by churning out copy. Left to their own devices\, the group would have waited out Carranza’s presidency\, but they witness a series of strangely related murders and begin to suspect a conspiracy involving the oil-rich lands of the Gulf Coast\, greedy army officers\, and American industrialists. Taibo sets the four out to investigate with a great sense of humor\, despite the grisly realities. \nTHE ANTI-BOURGEOIS SUMMER READING GROUP is open to all. This is a second consecutive summer exploring noir/crime fiction. We spend two weeks on each book.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/summer-in-the-dark-crime-and-the-capitalist-way/2018-08-02/
LOCATION:United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Summer18Noir_site.jpg
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SUMMARY:Summer In The Dark: Crime and the Capitalist Way
DESCRIPTION:Deals made in the shade by those packing heat\nSix noir novels for the Summer of 2018 \nNOTE THAT THE STARTING TIME HAS CHANGED TO 7:00 PM \nRed Harvest by Dashiell Hammett (1929)\nDrawn upon his experience as a Pinkerton strike breaker in the 1920 Anaconda miners strike\, Hammett creates the character of the Continental Op\, a detective hired by a copper boss to clear the town of the gangsters the boss originally hired to break a miners’ strike. The Continental Op knows the gangsters and he knows the cops and he knows how to set them against each other—all set in the town of Poisonville.  \nFarewell My Lovely by Raymond Chandler (1940)\nMoose Malloy just got out of prison and he’s looking for Velma\, his old flame. The big man drags Philip Marlowe into the search for Velma. By the end of the night\, Marlowe witnesses Malloy kill a man. The cops aren’t overly concerned to find Malloy because the dead man is black. Marlowe decides to keep looking for Velma. The search draws him into the seedy side of Hollywood: blackmailers\, drug peddling psychics\, crooked cops and a crooked city government.. \nThe Kill Off by Jim Thompson (1957)\nSet in a resort town which did not enjoy any kind of post-war boom. Not only is the town not getting enough summer visitors\, the richest lady in town is a mean gossip and everyone has a reason to kill her. When she’s found dead\, the question is\, which of the self-deceiving\, vicious\, and broke residents killed her? Jim Thompson\, honored  as a “dimestore Dostoevsky” excels in writing the interior monologues of isolated and frustrated small town individuals.  \nThe Mad and The Bad by Patrick Manchette (1972)\nThis\, like all good descendents of pulps\, is a quick\, violent story with an ending that is not a comfortable happy solution. Manchette\, a veteran of the events of France during May of 1968\, returned the French detective story to corruption and violence. In The Mad and The Bad thugs and a contract killer attempt to kill Julie\, a troubled young woman\, and her charge\, an unpleasant orphan.  \nRipley’s Game by Patricia Highsmith (1974) continues the successful career of the murderer and art forger Thomas Ripley who decides to amuse himself by manipulating a man who slighted him into committing murder. Ripley uses gossip and the unsavory characters who move art forgeries to break a sick man anxious for his family’s well-being after his death. \nThe Shadow of a Shadow by Paco Ignacio Taibo II (2006)\nFour friends gather to play dominoes in 1922. The Mexican Revolution has been betrayed and the four are trying to get by: the poet by writing patent medicine ad copy; the union organizer by silences and strikes; the lawyer by representing prostitutes; and the crime reporter by churning out copy. Left to their own devices\, the group would have waited out Carranza’s presidency\, but they witness a series of strangely related murders and begin to suspect a conspiracy involving the oil-rich lands of the Gulf Coast\, greedy army officers\, and American industrialists. Taibo sets the four out to investigate with a great sense of humor\, despite the grisly realities. \nTHE ANTI-BOURGEOIS SUMMER READING GROUP is open to all. This is a second consecutive summer exploring noir/crime fiction. We spend two weeks on each book.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/summer-in-the-dark-crime-and-the-capitalist-way/2018-07-26/
LOCATION:United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Summer18Noir_site.jpg
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SUMMARY:Summer In The Dark: Crime and the Capitalist Way
DESCRIPTION:Deals made in the shade by those packing heat\nSix noir novels for the Summer of 2018 \nNOTE THAT THE STARTING TIME HAS CHANGED TO 7:00 PM \nRed Harvest by Dashiell Hammett (1929)\nDrawn upon his experience as a Pinkerton strike breaker in the 1920 Anaconda miners strike\, Hammett creates the character of the Continental Op\, a detective hired by a copper boss to clear the town of the gangsters the boss originally hired to break a miners’ strike. The Continental Op knows the gangsters and he knows the cops and he knows how to set them against each other—all set in the town of Poisonville.  \nFarewell My Lovely by Raymond Chandler (1940)\nMoose Malloy just got out of prison and he’s looking for Velma\, his old flame. The big man drags Philip Marlowe into the search for Velma. By the end of the night\, Marlowe witnesses Malloy kill a man. The cops aren’t overly concerned to find Malloy because the dead man is black. Marlowe decides to keep looking for Velma. The search draws him into the seedy side of Hollywood: blackmailers\, drug peddling psychics\, crooked cops and a crooked city government.. \nThe Kill Off by Jim Thompson (1957)\nSet in a resort town which did not enjoy any kind of post-war boom. Not only is the town not getting enough summer visitors\, the richest lady in town is a mean gossip and everyone has a reason to kill her. When she’s found dead\, the question is\, which of the self-deceiving\, vicious\, and broke residents killed her? Jim Thompson\, honored  as a “dimestore Dostoevsky” excels in writing the interior monologues of isolated and frustrated small town individuals.  \nThe Mad and The Bad by Patrick Manchette (1972)\nThis\, like all good descendents of pulps\, is a quick\, violent story with an ending that is not a comfortable happy solution. Manchette\, a veteran of the events of France during May of 1968\, returned the French detective story to corruption and violence. In The Mad and The Bad thugs and a contract killer attempt to kill Julie\, a troubled young woman\, and her charge\, an unpleasant orphan.  \nRipley’s Game by Patricia Highsmith (1974) continues the successful career of the murderer and art forger Thomas Ripley who decides to amuse himself by manipulating a man who slighted him into committing murder. Ripley uses gossip and the unsavory characters who move art forgeries to break a sick man anxious for his family’s well-being after his death. \nThe Shadow of a Shadow by Paco Ignacio Taibo II (2006)\nFour friends gather to play dominoes in 1922. The Mexican Revolution has been betrayed and the four are trying to get by: the poet by writing patent medicine ad copy; the union organizer by silences and strikes; the lawyer by representing prostitutes; and the crime reporter by churning out copy. Left to their own devices\, the group would have waited out Carranza’s presidency\, but they witness a series of strangely related murders and begin to suspect a conspiracy involving the oil-rich lands of the Gulf Coast\, greedy army officers\, and American industrialists. Taibo sets the four out to investigate with a great sense of humor\, despite the grisly realities. \nTHE ANTI-BOURGEOIS SUMMER READING GROUP is open to all. This is a second consecutive summer exploring noir/crime fiction. We spend two weeks on each book.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/summer-in-the-dark-crime-and-the-capitalist-way/2018-07-19/
LOCATION:United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Summer18Noir_site.jpg
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SUMMARY:Summer In The Dark: Crime and the Capitalist Way
DESCRIPTION:Deals made in the shade by those packing heat\nSix noir novels for the Summer of 2018 \nNOTE THAT THE STARTING TIME HAS CHANGED TO 7:00 PM \nRed Harvest by Dashiell Hammett (1929)\nDrawn upon his experience as a Pinkerton strike breaker in the 1920 Anaconda miners strike\, Hammett creates the character of the Continental Op\, a detective hired by a copper boss to clear the town of the gangsters the boss originally hired to break a miners’ strike. The Continental Op knows the gangsters and he knows the cops and he knows how to set them against each other—all set in the town of Poisonville.  \nFarewell My Lovely by Raymond Chandler (1940)\nMoose Malloy just got out of prison and he’s looking for Velma\, his old flame. The big man drags Philip Marlowe into the search for Velma. By the end of the night\, Marlowe witnesses Malloy kill a man. The cops aren’t overly concerned to find Malloy because the dead man is black. Marlowe decides to keep looking for Velma. The search draws him into the seedy side of Hollywood: blackmailers\, drug peddling psychics\, crooked cops and a crooked city government.. \nThe Kill Off by Jim Thompson (1957)\nSet in a resort town which did not enjoy any kind of post-war boom. Not only is the town not getting enough summer visitors\, the richest lady in town is a mean gossip and everyone has a reason to kill her. When she’s found dead\, the question is\, which of the self-deceiving\, vicious\, and broke residents killed her? Jim Thompson\, honored  as a “dimestore Dostoevsky” excels in writing the interior monologues of isolated and frustrated small town individuals.  \nThe Mad and The Bad by Patrick Manchette (1972)\nThis\, like all good descendents of pulps\, is a quick\, violent story with an ending that is not a comfortable happy solution. Manchette\, a veteran of the events of France during May of 1968\, returned the French detective story to corruption and violence. In The Mad and The Bad thugs and a contract killer attempt to kill Julie\, a troubled young woman\, and her charge\, an unpleasant orphan.  \nRipley’s Game by Patricia Highsmith (1974) continues the successful career of the murderer and art forger Thomas Ripley who decides to amuse himself by manipulating a man who slighted him into committing murder. Ripley uses gossip and the unsavory characters who move art forgeries to break a sick man anxious for his family’s well-being after his death. \nThe Shadow of a Shadow by Paco Ignacio Taibo II (2006)\nFour friends gather to play dominoes in 1922. The Mexican Revolution has been betrayed and the four are trying to get by: the poet by writing patent medicine ad copy; the union organizer by silences and strikes; the lawyer by representing prostitutes; and the crime reporter by churning out copy. Left to their own devices\, the group would have waited out Carranza’s presidency\, but they witness a series of strangely related murders and begin to suspect a conspiracy involving the oil-rich lands of the Gulf Coast\, greedy army officers\, and American industrialists. Taibo sets the four out to investigate with a great sense of humor\, despite the grisly realities. \nTHE ANTI-BOURGEOIS SUMMER READING GROUP is open to all. This is a second consecutive summer exploring noir/crime fiction. We spend two weeks on each book.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/summer-in-the-dark-crime-and-the-capitalist-way/2018-07-12/
LOCATION:United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Summer18Noir_site.jpg
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SUMMARY:Summer In The Dark: Crime and the Capitalist Way
DESCRIPTION:Deals made in the shade by those packing heat\nSix noir novels for the Summer of 2018 \nNOTE THAT THE STARTING TIME HAS CHANGED TO 7:00 PM \nRed Harvest by Dashiell Hammett (1929)\nDrawn upon his experience as a Pinkerton strike breaker in the 1920 Anaconda miners strike\, Hammett creates the character of the Continental Op\, a detective hired by a copper boss to clear the town of the gangsters the boss originally hired to break a miners’ strike. The Continental Op knows the gangsters and he knows the cops and he knows how to set them against each other—all set in the town of Poisonville.  \nFarewell My Lovely by Raymond Chandler (1940)\nMoose Malloy just got out of prison and he’s looking for Velma\, his old flame. The big man drags Philip Marlowe into the search for Velma. By the end of the night\, Marlowe witnesses Malloy kill a man. The cops aren’t overly concerned to find Malloy because the dead man is black. Marlowe decides to keep looking for Velma. The search draws him into the seedy side of Hollywood: blackmailers\, drug peddling psychics\, crooked cops and a crooked city government.. \nThe Kill Off by Jim Thompson (1957)\nSet in a resort town which did not enjoy any kind of post-war boom. Not only is the town not getting enough summer visitors\, the richest lady in town is a mean gossip and everyone has a reason to kill her. When she’s found dead\, the question is\, which of the self-deceiving\, vicious\, and broke residents killed her? Jim Thompson\, honored  as a “dimestore Dostoevsky” excels in writing the interior monologues of isolated and frustrated small town individuals.  \nThe Mad and The Bad by Patrick Manchette (1972)\nThis\, like all good descendents of pulps\, is a quick\, violent story with an ending that is not a comfortable happy solution. Manchette\, a veteran of the events of France during May of 1968\, returned the French detective story to corruption and violence. In The Mad and The Bad thugs and a contract killer attempt to kill Julie\, a troubled young woman\, and her charge\, an unpleasant orphan.  \nRipley’s Game by Patricia Highsmith (1974) continues the successful career of the murderer and art forger Thomas Ripley who decides to amuse himself by manipulating a man who slighted him into committing murder. Ripley uses gossip and the unsavory characters who move art forgeries to break a sick man anxious for his family’s well-being after his death. \nThe Shadow of a Shadow by Paco Ignacio Taibo II (2006)\nFour friends gather to play dominoes in 1922. The Mexican Revolution has been betrayed and the four are trying to get by: the poet by writing patent medicine ad copy; the union organizer by silences and strikes; the lawyer by representing prostitutes; and the crime reporter by churning out copy. Left to their own devices\, the group would have waited out Carranza’s presidency\, but they witness a series of strangely related murders and begin to suspect a conspiracy involving the oil-rich lands of the Gulf Coast\, greedy army officers\, and American industrialists. Taibo sets the four out to investigate with a great sense of humor\, despite the grisly realities. \nTHE ANTI-BOURGEOIS SUMMER READING GROUP is open to all. This is a second consecutive summer exploring noir/crime fiction. We spend two weeks on each book.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/summer-in-the-dark-crime-and-the-capitalist-way/2018-07-05/
LOCATION:United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Summer18Noir_site.jpg
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SUMMARY:Summer In The Dark: Crime and the Capitalist Way
DESCRIPTION:Deals made in the shade by those packing heat\nSix noir novels for the Summer of 2018 \nNOTE THAT THE STARTING TIME HAS CHANGED TO 7:00 PM \nRed Harvest by Dashiell Hammett (1929)\nDrawn upon his experience as a Pinkerton strike breaker in the 1920 Anaconda miners strike\, Hammett creates the character of the Continental Op\, a detective hired by a copper boss to clear the town of the gangsters the boss originally hired to break a miners’ strike. The Continental Op knows the gangsters and he knows the cops and he knows how to set them against each other—all set in the town of Poisonville.  \nFarewell My Lovely by Raymond Chandler (1940)\nMoose Malloy just got out of prison and he’s looking for Velma\, his old flame. The big man drags Philip Marlowe into the search for Velma. By the end of the night\, Marlowe witnesses Malloy kill a man. The cops aren’t overly concerned to find Malloy because the dead man is black. Marlowe decides to keep looking for Velma. The search draws him into the seedy side of Hollywood: blackmailers\, drug peddling psychics\, crooked cops and a crooked city government.. \nThe Kill Off by Jim Thompson (1957)\nSet in a resort town which did not enjoy any kind of post-war boom. Not only is the town not getting enough summer visitors\, the richest lady in town is a mean gossip and everyone has a reason to kill her. When she’s found dead\, the question is\, which of the self-deceiving\, vicious\, and broke residents killed her? Jim Thompson\, honored  as a “dimestore Dostoevsky” excels in writing the interior monologues of isolated and frustrated small town individuals.  \nThe Mad and The Bad by Patrick Manchette (1972)\nThis\, like all good descendents of pulps\, is a quick\, violent story with an ending that is not a comfortable happy solution. Manchette\, a veteran of the events of France during May of 1968\, returned the French detective story to corruption and violence. In The Mad and The Bad thugs and a contract killer attempt to kill Julie\, a troubled young woman\, and her charge\, an unpleasant orphan.  \nRipley’s Game by Patricia Highsmith (1974) continues the successful career of the murderer and art forger Thomas Ripley who decides to amuse himself by manipulating a man who slighted him into committing murder. Ripley uses gossip and the unsavory characters who move art forgeries to break a sick man anxious for his family’s well-being after his death. \nThe Shadow of a Shadow by Paco Ignacio Taibo II (2006)\nFour friends gather to play dominoes in 1922. The Mexican Revolution has been betrayed and the four are trying to get by: the poet by writing patent medicine ad copy; the union organizer by silences and strikes; the lawyer by representing prostitutes; and the crime reporter by churning out copy. Left to their own devices\, the group would have waited out Carranza’s presidency\, but they witness a series of strangely related murders and begin to suspect a conspiracy involving the oil-rich lands of the Gulf Coast\, greedy army officers\, and American industrialists. Taibo sets the four out to investigate with a great sense of humor\, despite the grisly realities. \nTHE ANTI-BOURGEOIS SUMMER READING GROUP is open to all. This is a second consecutive summer exploring noir/crime fiction. We spend two weeks on each book.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/summer-in-the-dark-crime-and-the-capitalist-way/2018-06-28/
LOCATION:United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Summer18Noir_site.jpg
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SUMMARY:Summer In The Dark: Crime and the Capitalist Way
DESCRIPTION:Deals made in the shade by those packing heat\nSix noir novels for the Summer of 2018 \nNOTE THAT THE STARTING TIME HAS CHANGED TO 7:00 PM \nRed Harvest by Dashiell Hammett (1929)\nDrawn upon his experience as a Pinkerton strike breaker in the 1920 Anaconda miners strike\, Hammett creates the character of the Continental Op\, a detective hired by a copper boss to clear the town of the gangsters the boss originally hired to break a miners’ strike. The Continental Op knows the gangsters and he knows the cops and he knows how to set them against each other—all set in the town of Poisonville.  \nFarewell My Lovely by Raymond Chandler (1940)\nMoose Malloy just got out of prison and he’s looking for Velma\, his old flame. The big man drags Philip Marlowe into the search for Velma. By the end of the night\, Marlowe witnesses Malloy kill a man. The cops aren’t overly concerned to find Malloy because the dead man is black. Marlowe decides to keep looking for Velma. The search draws him into the seedy side of Hollywood: blackmailers\, drug peddling psychics\, crooked cops and a crooked city government.. \nThe Kill Off by Jim Thompson (1957)\nSet in a resort town which did not enjoy any kind of post-war boom. Not only is the town not getting enough summer visitors\, the richest lady in town is a mean gossip and everyone has a reason to kill her. When she’s found dead\, the question is\, which of the self-deceiving\, vicious\, and broke residents killed her? Jim Thompson\, honored  as a “dimestore Dostoevsky” excels in writing the interior monologues of isolated and frustrated small town individuals.  \nThe Mad and The Bad by Patrick Manchette (1972)\nThis\, like all good descendents of pulps\, is a quick\, violent story with an ending that is not a comfortable happy solution. Manchette\, a veteran of the events of France during May of 1968\, returned the French detective story to corruption and violence. In The Mad and The Bad thugs and a contract killer attempt to kill Julie\, a troubled young woman\, and her charge\, an unpleasant orphan.  \nRipley’s Game by Patricia Highsmith (1974) continues the successful career of the murderer and art forger Thomas Ripley who decides to amuse himself by manipulating a man who slighted him into committing murder. Ripley uses gossip and the unsavory characters who move art forgeries to break a sick man anxious for his family’s well-being after his death. \nThe Shadow of a Shadow by Paco Ignacio Taibo II (2006)\nFour friends gather to play dominoes in 1922. The Mexican Revolution has been betrayed and the four are trying to get by: the poet by writing patent medicine ad copy; the union organizer by silences and strikes; the lawyer by representing prostitutes; and the crime reporter by churning out copy. Left to their own devices\, the group would have waited out Carranza’s presidency\, but they witness a series of strangely related murders and begin to suspect a conspiracy involving the oil-rich lands of the Gulf Coast\, greedy army officers\, and American industrialists. Taibo sets the four out to investigate with a great sense of humor\, despite the grisly realities. \nTHE ANTI-BOURGEOIS SUMMER READING GROUP is open to all. This is a second consecutive summer exploring noir/crime fiction. We spend two weeks on each book.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/summer-in-the-dark-crime-and-the-capitalist-way/2018-06-21/
LOCATION:United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Summer18Noir_site.jpg
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SUMMARY:Summer In The Dark: Crime and the Capitalist Way
DESCRIPTION:Deals made in the shade by those packing heat\nSix noir novels for the Summer of 2018 \nNOTE THAT THE STARTING TIME HAS CHANGED TO 7:00 PM \nRed Harvest by Dashiell Hammett (1929)\nDrawn upon his experience as a Pinkerton strike breaker in the 1920 Anaconda miners strike\, Hammett creates the character of the Continental Op\, a detective hired by a copper boss to clear the town of the gangsters the boss originally hired to break a miners’ strike. The Continental Op knows the gangsters and he knows the cops and he knows how to set them against each other—all set in the town of Poisonville.  \nFarewell My Lovely by Raymond Chandler (1940)\nMoose Malloy just got out of prison and he’s looking for Velma\, his old flame. The big man drags Philip Marlowe into the search for Velma. By the end of the night\, Marlowe witnesses Malloy kill a man. The cops aren’t overly concerned to find Malloy because the dead man is black. Marlowe decides to keep looking for Velma. The search draws him into the seedy side of Hollywood: blackmailers\, drug peddling psychics\, crooked cops and a crooked city government.. \nThe Kill Off by Jim Thompson (1957)\nSet in a resort town which did not enjoy any kind of post-war boom. Not only is the town not getting enough summer visitors\, the richest lady in town is a mean gossip and everyone has a reason to kill her. When she’s found dead\, the question is\, which of the self-deceiving\, vicious\, and broke residents killed her? Jim Thompson\, honored  as a “dimestore Dostoevsky” excels in writing the interior monologues of isolated and frustrated small town individuals.  \nThe Mad and The Bad by Patrick Manchette (1972)\nThis\, like all good descendents of pulps\, is a quick\, violent story with an ending that is not a comfortable happy solution. Manchette\, a veteran of the events of France during May of 1968\, returned the French detective story to corruption and violence. In The Mad and The Bad thugs and a contract killer attempt to kill Julie\, a troubled young woman\, and her charge\, an unpleasant orphan.  \nRipley’s Game by Patricia Highsmith (1974) continues the successful career of the murderer and art forger Thomas Ripley who decides to amuse himself by manipulating a man who slighted him into committing murder. Ripley uses gossip and the unsavory characters who move art forgeries to break a sick man anxious for his family’s well-being after his death. \nThe Shadow of a Shadow by Paco Ignacio Taibo II (2006)\nFour friends gather to play dominoes in 1922. The Mexican Revolution has been betrayed and the four are trying to get by: the poet by writing patent medicine ad copy; the union organizer by silences and strikes; the lawyer by representing prostitutes; and the crime reporter by churning out copy. Left to their own devices\, the group would have waited out Carranza’s presidency\, but they witness a series of strangely related murders and begin to suspect a conspiracy involving the oil-rich lands of the Gulf Coast\, greedy army officers\, and American industrialists. Taibo sets the four out to investigate with a great sense of humor\, despite the grisly realities. \nTHE ANTI-BOURGEOIS SUMMER READING GROUP is open to all. This is a second consecutive summer exploring noir/crime fiction. We spend two weeks on each book.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/summer-in-the-dark-crime-and-the-capitalist-way/2018-06-14/
LOCATION:United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Summer18Noir_site.jpg
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SUMMARY:Friday Noir: Women and Murder
DESCRIPTION:Genre Fiction: Women and Murder \nLast Fridays of each Month\nJacqueline Cantwell\nMarch 30 and April 27 \nThe March 30 author will be Shirley Jackson\, notorious for writing The Lottery and the gothic The Haunting of Hill House. From 1943 until her death in 1965\, she was popular and published by major magazines. Her stories of women’s social unease\, inadequacy\,  and exclusion are the interior dialogues of victims limited by overbearing mothers and local gossips. Jackson also has a wicked wit. Her murderous children belong to the original Grimm’s fairy tales.  \nFor April’s 27th meeting\, we will leave Jackson’s domestic and white world of unhappy women\, murderous children\, and local gossips and return to the American noir setting of social crime by reading Nella Larsen. Unlike the prolific Jackson\, Larsen  published a few short stories and only two novels between 1920 and 1930. We will read her second novel\, Passing. Unlike Jackson’s women\, Larsen’s women are not limited because they are over-sensitive; racism denies them the ability to act upon their ambitions. In Passing\, two mixed-race women\, who had known each other in childhood\, meet as married women who have chosen very different lives. Clare’s black working class background denied her the advantages of the black bourgeoisie\, but her light skin conceals her African-American background sufficiently so that she is able to marry a wealthy and racist white man. Irene has married a black man\, a highly regarded doctor. The tensions that arise from their re-acquaintance end in either a crime\, accident\, or suicide.  \nNella Larsen’s life did not allow her to write much\, but much has been written on her and about her in turgid academic prose. In this reading group\, let’s look upon Nella Larsen as a woman involved in the writing and the issues of her day. She was an acclaimed modernist who wrote about racism\, the major crime of American society.  \nNo one turned away for inability to pay\n$10 per single session \nJacqueline Cantwell has explored the depths of crime fiction along with the heights the desperate will often want to throw themselves from. These fictions will lay bare many of the facts of the cold as ice killings and cover-ups present in a modern world where we are expected to behave better—but very often do not. What better night than Fridays in Autumn for murder and mayhem.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/friday-noir-women-and-murder/2018-04-27/
LOCATION:United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180330T180000
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SUMMARY:Friday Noir: Women and Murder
DESCRIPTION:Genre Fiction: Women and Murder \nLast Fridays of each Month\nJacqueline Cantwell\nMarch 30 and April 27 \nThe March 30 author will be Shirley Jackson\, notorious for writing The Lottery and the gothic The Haunting of Hill House. From 1943 until her death in 1965\, she was popular and published by major magazines. Her stories of women’s social unease\, inadequacy\,  and exclusion are the interior dialogues of victims limited by overbearing mothers and local gossips. Jackson also has a wicked wit. Her murderous children belong to the original Grimm’s fairy tales.  \nFor April’s 27th meeting\, we will leave Jackson’s domestic and white world of unhappy women\, murderous children\, and local gossips and return to the American noir setting of social crime by reading Nella Larsen. Unlike the prolific Jackson\, Larsen  published a few short stories and only two novels between 1920 and 1930. We will read her second novel\, Passing. Unlike Jackson’s women\, Larsen’s women are not limited because they are over-sensitive; racism denies them the ability to act upon their ambitions. In Passing\, two mixed-race women\, who had known each other in childhood\, meet as married women who have chosen very different lives. Clare’s black working class background denied her the advantages of the black bourgeoisie\, but her light skin conceals her African-American background sufficiently so that she is able to marry a wealthy and racist white man. Irene has married a black man\, a highly regarded doctor. The tensions that arise from their re-acquaintance end in either a crime\, accident\, or suicide.  \nNella Larsen’s life did not allow her to write much\, but much has been written on her and about her in turgid academic prose. In this reading group\, let’s look upon Nella Larsen as a woman involved in the writing and the issues of her day. She was an acclaimed modernist who wrote about racism\, the major crime of American society.  \nNo one turned away for inability to pay\n$10 per single session \nJacqueline Cantwell has explored the depths of crime fiction along with the heights the desperate will often want to throw themselves from. These fictions will lay bare many of the facts of the cold as ice killings and cover-ups present in a modern world where we are expected to behave better—but very often do not. What better night than Fridays in Autumn for murder and mayhem.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/friday-noir-women-and-murder/2018-03-30/
LOCATION:United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180126T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180126T200000
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SUMMARY:Fridays As In Murder: Women\, Violence & Genre Formulas
DESCRIPTION:Convened by Jacqueline Cantwell\nFridays\, 6:00 to 8:00\n10 meetings\, November 10 through February 2\nNo session on Friday\, November 24\, December 29 or January 19 \nIn traditional hard-boiled and crime novels\, women either provoke violence as femme fatales or need protection as paying clients or wandering daughters. Some authors were dissatisfied with this pulp convention and worked in an extension of pulp\, film noir\, writing scripts with more complicated women. Drawing upon the potentials of film noir’s formula of restlessness\, dread\, and discontent within social corruption\, women novelists wrote of threats to the domestic sphere and American society emerging as the global hegemon. As women’s opportunities improved and the conventions of the detective novel changed\, women writers explored crime and violence resulting from the racism and class exploitation while some male authors began writing of more complicated women. \nOur Friday readings will consist of the following: \nAttica Locke\, The Cutting Season\nThe body of a migrant worker is found on the grounds of a former plantation turned into an historical amusement park\, complete with slave quarters. Outside the plantation\, the hard-pressed owners of sugar cane fields are selling their land to a corporation that relies upon undocumented migrants. A mystery from the time of slavery parallels the modern murder. \nDorothy B. Hughes\, The Expendable Man\nDriving toward Phoenix\, Densmore sees a young white woman hitchhiking. Even though he knows that a black man should not offer a white girl a ride\, he fears for her safety. Then\, he gets charged with her murder. Complicating his lackluster defense is that the woman has died from complications of an illegal abortion and he is a medical student. \nJean-Patrick Manchette\, Fatale \nCan a man portray a woman with a gun differently? Maybe when by Manchette. A woman comes to town to kill the corrupt. Stripped down language. Bloodier than Red Harvest. Manchette brought politics back to French thrillers. \nNina Revoyr\, Lost Canyon \nFour hikers whose ethnic and cultural backgrounds represent a diverse Los Angeles get lost in the mountains and find a murder. Moving effortlessly between city and wilderness\, Lost Canyon explores the ways that race\, class\, and culture shape experience and perception while examining the choices good people must face in desperate situations. \nJacqueline Cantwell has explored the depths of crime fiction along with the heights the desperate will often want to throw themselves from. These fictions will lay bare many of the facts of the cold as ice killings and cover-ups present in a modern world where we are expected to behave better—but very often do not. What better night than Fridays in Autumn for murder and mayhem.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/fridays-as-in-murder-women-violence-genre-formulas-2018-01-19/2018-01-26/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Commons\, 388 Atlantic Avenue\, Brooklyn
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180119T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180119T200000
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SUMMARY:Fridays As In Murder: Women\, Violence & Genre Formulas
DESCRIPTION:Convened by Jacqueline Cantwell\nFridays\, 6:00 to 8:00\n10 meetings\, November 10 through February 2\nNo session on Friday\, November 24\, December 29 or January 19 \nIn traditional hard-boiled and crime novels\, women either provoke violence as femme fatales or need protection as paying clients or wandering daughters. Some authors were dissatisfied with this pulp convention and worked in an extension of pulp\, film noir\, writing scripts with more complicated women. Drawing upon the potentials of film noir’s formula of restlessness\, dread\, and discontent within social corruption\, women novelists wrote of threats to the domestic sphere and American society emerging as the global hegemon. As women’s opportunities improved and the conventions of the detective novel changed\, women writers explored crime and violence resulting from the racism and class exploitation while some male authors began writing of more complicated women. \nOur Friday readings will consist of the following: \nAttica Locke\, The Cutting Season\nThe body of a migrant worker is found on the grounds of a former plantation turned into an historical amusement park\, complete with slave quarters. Outside the plantation\, the hard-pressed owners of sugar cane fields are selling their land to a corporation that relies upon undocumented migrants. A mystery from the time of slavery parallels the modern murder. \nDorothy B. Hughes\, The Expendable Man\nDriving toward Phoenix\, Densmore sees a young white woman hitchhiking. Even though he knows that a black man should not offer a white girl a ride\, he fears for her safety. Then\, he gets charged with her murder. Complicating his lackluster defense is that the woman has died from complications of an illegal abortion and he is a medical student. \nJean-Patrick Manchette\, Fatale \nCan a man portray a woman with a gun differently? Maybe when by Manchette. A woman comes to town to kill the corrupt. Stripped down language. Bloodier than Red Harvest. Manchette brought politics back to French thrillers. \nNina Revoyr\, Lost Canyon \nFour hikers whose ethnic and cultural backgrounds represent a diverse Los Angeles get lost in the mountains and find a murder. Moving effortlessly between city and wilderness\, Lost Canyon explores the ways that race\, class\, and culture shape experience and perception while examining the choices good people must face in desperate situations. \nJacqueline Cantwell has explored the depths of crime fiction along with the heights the desperate will often want to throw themselves from. These fictions will lay bare many of the facts of the cold as ice killings and cover-ups present in a modern world where we are expected to behave better—but very often do not. What better night than Fridays in Autumn for murder and mayhem.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/fridays-as-in-murder-women-violence-genre-formulas-2018-01-19/2018-01-19/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Commons\, 388 Atlantic Avenue\, Brooklyn
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SUMMARY:Fridays As In Murder: Women\, Violence & Genre Formulas
DESCRIPTION:Convened by Jacqueline Cantwell\nFridays\, 6:00 to 8:00\n10 meetings\, November 10 through January 26\nNo session on Friday\, November 24 or December 29 \nIn traditional hard-boiled and crime novels\, women either provoke violence as femme fatales or need protection as paying clients or wandering daughters. Some authors were dissatisfied with this pulp convention and worked in an extension of pulp\, film noir\, writing scripts with more complicated women. Drawing upon the potentials of film noir’s formula of restlessness\, dread\, and discontent within social corruption\, women novelists wrote of threats to the domestic sphere and American society emerging as the global hegemon. As women’s opportunities improved and the conventions of the detective novel changed\, women writers explored crime and violence resulting from the racism and class exploitation while some male authors began writing of more complicated women. \nOur Friday readings will consist of the following: \nAttica Locke\, The Cutting Season\nThe body of a migrant worker is found on the grounds of a former plantation turned into an historical amusement park\, complete with slave quarters. Outside the plantation\, the hard-pressed owners of sugar cane fields are selling their land to a corporation that relies upon undocumented migrants. A mystery from the time of slavery parallels the modern murder. \nDorothy B. Hughes\, The Expendable Man\nDriving toward Phoenix\, Densmore sees a young white woman hitchhiking. Even though he knows that a black man should not offer a white girl a ride\, he fears for her safety. Then\, he gets charged with her murder. Complicating his lackluster defense is that the woman has died from complications of an illegal abortion and he is a medical student. \nJean-Patrick Manchette\, Fatale \nCan a man portray a woman with a gun differently? Maybe when by Manchette. A woman comes to town to kill the corrupt. Stripped down language. Bloodier than Red Harvest. Manchette brought politics back to French thrillers. \nNina Revoyr\, Lost Canyon \nFour hikers whose ethnic and cultural backgrounds represent a diverse Los Angeles get lost in the mountains and find a murder. Moving effortlessly between city and wilderness\, Lost Canyon explores the ways that race\, class\, and culture shape experience and perception while examining the choices good people must face in desperate situations. \nJacqueline Cantwell has explored the depths of crime fiction along with the heights the desperate will often want to throw themselves from. These fictions will lay bare many of the facts of the cold as ice killings and cover-ups present in a modern world where we are expected to behave better—but very often do not. What better night than Fridays in Autumn for murder and mayhem.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/fridays-as-in-murder-women-violence-genre-formulas/2018-01-19/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Commons\, 388 Atlantic Avenue\, Brooklyn
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180112T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180112T200000
DTSTAMP:20171009T032615Z
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SUMMARY:Fridays As In Murder: Women\, Violence & Genre Formulas
DESCRIPTION:Convened by Jacqueline Cantwell\nFridays\, 6:00 to 8:00\n10 meetings\, November 10 through January 26\nNo session on Friday\, November 24 or December 29 \nIn traditional hard-boiled and crime novels\, women either provoke violence as femme fatales or need protection as paying clients or wandering daughters. Some authors were dissatisfied with this pulp convention and worked in an extension of pulp\, film noir\, writing scripts with more complicated women. Drawing upon the potentials of film noir’s formula of restlessness\, dread\, and discontent within social corruption\, women novelists wrote of threats to the domestic sphere and American society emerging as the global hegemon. As women’s opportunities improved and the conventions of the detective novel changed\, women writers explored crime and violence resulting from the racism and class exploitation while some male authors began writing of more complicated women. \nOur Friday readings will consist of the following: \nAttica Locke\, The Cutting Season\nThe body of a migrant worker is found on the grounds of a former plantation turned into an historical amusement park\, complete with slave quarters. Outside the plantation\, the hard-pressed owners of sugar cane fields are selling their land to a corporation that relies upon undocumented migrants. A mystery from the time of slavery parallels the modern murder. \nDorothy B. Hughes\, The Expendable Man\nDriving toward Phoenix\, Densmore sees a young white woman hitchhiking. Even though he knows that a black man should not offer a white girl a ride\, he fears for her safety. Then\, he gets charged with her murder. Complicating his lackluster defense is that the woman has died from complications of an illegal abortion and he is a medical student. \nJean-Patrick Manchette\, Fatale \nCan a man portray a woman with a gun differently? Maybe when by Manchette. A woman comes to town to kill the corrupt. Stripped down language. Bloodier than Red Harvest. Manchette brought politics back to French thrillers. \nNina Revoyr\, Lost Canyon \nFour hikers whose ethnic and cultural backgrounds represent a diverse Los Angeles get lost in the mountains and find a murder. Moving effortlessly between city and wilderness\, Lost Canyon explores the ways that race\, class\, and culture shape experience and perception while examining the choices good people must face in desperate situations. \nJacqueline Cantwell has explored the depths of crime fiction along with the heights the desperate will often want to throw themselves from. These fictions will lay bare many of the facts of the cold as ice killings and cover-ups present in a modern world where we are expected to behave better—but very often do not. What better night than Fridays in Autumn for murder and mayhem.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/fridays-as-in-murder-women-violence-genre-formulas/2018-01-12/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Commons\, 388 Atlantic Avenue\, Brooklyn
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180105T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180105T200000
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SUMMARY:Fridays As In Murder: Women\, Violence & Genre Formulas
DESCRIPTION:Convened by Jacqueline Cantwell\nFridays\, 6:00 to 8:00\n10 meetings\, November 10 through January 26\nNo session on Friday\, November 24 or December 29 \nIn traditional hard-boiled and crime novels\, women either provoke violence as femme fatales or need protection as paying clients or wandering daughters. Some authors were dissatisfied with this pulp convention and worked in an extension of pulp\, film noir\, writing scripts with more complicated women. Drawing upon the potentials of film noir’s formula of restlessness\, dread\, and discontent within social corruption\, women novelists wrote of threats to the domestic sphere and American society emerging as the global hegemon. As women’s opportunities improved and the conventions of the detective novel changed\, women writers explored crime and violence resulting from the racism and class exploitation while some male authors began writing of more complicated women. \nOur Friday readings will consist of the following: \nAttica Locke\, The Cutting Season\nThe body of a migrant worker is found on the grounds of a former plantation turned into an historical amusement park\, complete with slave quarters. Outside the plantation\, the hard-pressed owners of sugar cane fields are selling their land to a corporation that relies upon undocumented migrants. A mystery from the time of slavery parallels the modern murder. \nDorothy B. Hughes\, The Expendable Man\nDriving toward Phoenix\, Densmore sees a young white woman hitchhiking. Even though he knows that a black man should not offer a white girl a ride\, he fears for her safety. Then\, he gets charged with her murder. Complicating his lackluster defense is that the woman has died from complications of an illegal abortion and he is a medical student. \nJean-Patrick Manchette\, Fatale \nCan a man portray a woman with a gun differently? Maybe when by Manchette. A woman comes to town to kill the corrupt. Stripped down language. Bloodier than Red Harvest. Manchette brought politics back to French thrillers. \nNina Revoyr\, Lost Canyon \nFour hikers whose ethnic and cultural backgrounds represent a diverse Los Angeles get lost in the mountains and find a murder. Moving effortlessly between city and wilderness\, Lost Canyon explores the ways that race\, class\, and culture shape experience and perception while examining the choices good people must face in desperate situations. \nJacqueline Cantwell has explored the depths of crime fiction along with the heights the desperate will often want to throw themselves from. These fictions will lay bare many of the facts of the cold as ice killings and cover-ups present in a modern world where we are expected to behave better—but very often do not. What better night than Fridays in Autumn for murder and mayhem.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/fridays-as-in-murder-women-violence-genre-formulas/2018-01-05/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Commons\, 388 Atlantic Avenue\, Brooklyn
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DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20171222T200000
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SUMMARY:Fridays As In Murder: Women\, Violence & Genre Formulas
DESCRIPTION:Convened by Jacqueline Cantwell\nFridays\, 6:00 to 8:00\n10 meetings\, November 10 through January 26\nNo session on Friday\, November 24 or December 29 \nIn traditional hard-boiled and crime novels\, women either provoke violence as femme fatales or need protection as paying clients or wandering daughters. Some authors were dissatisfied with this pulp convention and worked in an extension of pulp\, film noir\, writing scripts with more complicated women. Drawing upon the potentials of film noir’s formula of restlessness\, dread\, and discontent within social corruption\, women novelists wrote of threats to the domestic sphere and American society emerging as the global hegemon. As women’s opportunities improved and the conventions of the detective novel changed\, women writers explored crime and violence resulting from the racism and class exploitation while some male authors began writing of more complicated women. \nOur Friday readings will consist of the following: \nAttica Locke\, The Cutting Season\nThe body of a migrant worker is found on the grounds of a former plantation turned into an historical amusement park\, complete with slave quarters. Outside the plantation\, the hard-pressed owners of sugar cane fields are selling their land to a corporation that relies upon undocumented migrants. A mystery from the time of slavery parallels the modern murder. \nDorothy B. Hughes\, The Expendable Man\nDriving toward Phoenix\, Densmore sees a young white woman hitchhiking. Even though he knows that a black man should not offer a white girl a ride\, he fears for her safety. Then\, he gets charged with her murder. Complicating his lackluster defense is that the woman has died from complications of an illegal abortion and he is a medical student. \nJean-Patrick Manchette\, Fatale \nCan a man portray a woman with a gun differently? Maybe when by Manchette. A woman comes to town to kill the corrupt. Stripped down language. Bloodier than Red Harvest. Manchette brought politics back to French thrillers. \nNina Revoyr\, Lost Canyon \nFour hikers whose ethnic and cultural backgrounds represent a diverse Los Angeles get lost in the mountains and find a murder. Moving effortlessly between city and wilderness\, Lost Canyon explores the ways that race\, class\, and culture shape experience and perception while examining the choices good people must face in desperate situations. \nJacqueline Cantwell has explored the depths of crime fiction along with the heights the desperate will often want to throw themselves from. These fictions will lay bare many of the facts of the cold as ice killings and cover-ups present in a modern world where we are expected to behave better—but very often do not. What better night than Fridays in Autumn for murder and mayhem.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/fridays-as-in-murder-women-violence-genre-formulas/2017-12-22/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Commons\, 388 Atlantic Avenue\, Brooklyn
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20171215T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20171215T200000
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SUMMARY:Fridays As In Murder: Women\, Violence & Genre Formulas
DESCRIPTION:Convened by Jacqueline Cantwell\nFridays\, 6:00 to 8:00\n10 meetings\, November 10 through January 26\nNo session on Friday\, November 24 or December 29 \nIn traditional hard-boiled and crime novels\, women either provoke violence as femme fatales or need protection as paying clients or wandering daughters. Some authors were dissatisfied with this pulp convention and worked in an extension of pulp\, film noir\, writing scripts with more complicated women. Drawing upon the potentials of film noir’s formula of restlessness\, dread\, and discontent within social corruption\, women novelists wrote of threats to the domestic sphere and American society emerging as the global hegemon. As women’s opportunities improved and the conventions of the detective novel changed\, women writers explored crime and violence resulting from the racism and class exploitation while some male authors began writing of more complicated women. \nOur Friday readings will consist of the following: \nAttica Locke\, The Cutting Season\nThe body of a migrant worker is found on the grounds of a former plantation turned into an historical amusement park\, complete with slave quarters. Outside the plantation\, the hard-pressed owners of sugar cane fields are selling their land to a corporation that relies upon undocumented migrants. A mystery from the time of slavery parallels the modern murder. \nDorothy B. Hughes\, The Expendable Man\nDriving toward Phoenix\, Densmore sees a young white woman hitchhiking. Even though he knows that a black man should not offer a white girl a ride\, he fears for her safety. Then\, he gets charged with her murder. Complicating his lackluster defense is that the woman has died from complications of an illegal abortion and he is a medical student. \nJean-Patrick Manchette\, Fatale \nCan a man portray a woman with a gun differently? Maybe when by Manchette. A woman comes to town to kill the corrupt. Stripped down language. Bloodier than Red Harvest. Manchette brought politics back to French thrillers. \nNina Revoyr\, Lost Canyon \nFour hikers whose ethnic and cultural backgrounds represent a diverse Los Angeles get lost in the mountains and find a murder. Moving effortlessly between city and wilderness\, Lost Canyon explores the ways that race\, class\, and culture shape experience and perception while examining the choices good people must face in desperate situations. \nJacqueline Cantwell has explored the depths of crime fiction along with the heights the desperate will often want to throw themselves from. These fictions will lay bare many of the facts of the cold as ice killings and cover-ups present in a modern world where we are expected to behave better—but very often do not. What better night than Fridays in Autumn for murder and mayhem.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/fridays-as-in-murder-women-violence-genre-formulas/2017-12-15/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Commons\, 388 Atlantic Avenue\, Brooklyn
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20171208T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20171208T200000
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SUMMARY:Fridays As In Murder: Women\, Violence & Genre Formulas
DESCRIPTION:Convened by Jacqueline Cantwell\nFridays\, 6:00 to 8:00\n10 meetings\, November 10 through January 26\nNo session on Friday\, November 24 or December 29 \nIn traditional hard-boiled and crime novels\, women either provoke violence as femme fatales or need protection as paying clients or wandering daughters. Some authors were dissatisfied with this pulp convention and worked in an extension of pulp\, film noir\, writing scripts with more complicated women. Drawing upon the potentials of film noir’s formula of restlessness\, dread\, and discontent within social corruption\, women novelists wrote of threats to the domestic sphere and American society emerging as the global hegemon. As women’s opportunities improved and the conventions of the detective novel changed\, women writers explored crime and violence resulting from the racism and class exploitation while some male authors began writing of more complicated women. \nOur Friday readings will consist of the following: \nAttica Locke\, The Cutting Season\nThe body of a migrant worker is found on the grounds of a former plantation turned into an historical amusement park\, complete with slave quarters. Outside the plantation\, the hard-pressed owners of sugar cane fields are selling their land to a corporation that relies upon undocumented migrants. A mystery from the time of slavery parallels the modern murder. \nDorothy B. Hughes\, The Expendable Man\nDriving toward Phoenix\, Densmore sees a young white woman hitchhiking. Even though he knows that a black man should not offer a white girl a ride\, he fears for her safety. Then\, he gets charged with her murder. Complicating his lackluster defense is that the woman has died from complications of an illegal abortion and he is a medical student. \nJean-Patrick Manchette\, Fatale \nCan a man portray a woman with a gun differently? Maybe when by Manchette. A woman comes to town to kill the corrupt. Stripped down language. Bloodier than Red Harvest. Manchette brought politics back to French thrillers. \nNina Revoyr\, Lost Canyon \nFour hikers whose ethnic and cultural backgrounds represent a diverse Los Angeles get lost in the mountains and find a murder. Moving effortlessly between city and wilderness\, Lost Canyon explores the ways that race\, class\, and culture shape experience and perception while examining the choices good people must face in desperate situations. \nJacqueline Cantwell has explored the depths of crime fiction along with the heights the desperate will often want to throw themselves from. These fictions will lay bare many of the facts of the cold as ice killings and cover-ups present in a modern world where we are expected to behave better—but very often do not. What better night than Fridays in Autumn for murder and mayhem.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/fridays-as-in-murder-women-violence-genre-formulas/2017-12-08/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Commons\, 388 Atlantic Avenue\, Brooklyn
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