Danger: Diabolik / / Leon Hunt.

Danger: Diabolik (1968) was adapted from a comic that has been a social phenomenon in Italy for over fifty years, featuring a masked master criminal-part Fantômas, part James Bond-and his elegant companion Eva Kant. The film partially reinvents the character as a countercultural prankster, subvertin...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Cultographies
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; ‹B›B&W Photos: ‹/B›12.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Diabolik, chi sei?
  • 1. From fumetto nero to 'wild and kooky cape-opera': Production, promotion, initial reception
  • 2. 'Uh-oh - it's getting groovy!': The cult afterlife of Danger: Diabolik
  • 3. Fantômas all'italiana: Analysis
  • 4. Genius of Crime: The place of the film
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index