5. Looking for the “Great Whatsit”: Kiss Me Deadly and Film Noir

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. PREFACE xi
4. 1. Masculine Interests 1
5. 2. Oedipus in Africa: The Lion King 14
6. 3. To “Have Known Ecstasy”: Hunting Men in The Most Dangerous Game 52
7. 4. Friendship and Its Discontents: The Outlaw 80
8. 5. Looking for the “Great Whatsit”: Kiss Me Deadly and Film Noir 121
9. 6. Midnight Cowboy’s Backstory 140
10. 7. Innerspace: A Spectacular Voyage to the Heart of Identity 180
11. 8. Batman and Robin: A Family Romance 206
12. 9. My Own Private Idaho and the New Queer Road Movies 243
13. 10. “The Things We Think and Do Not Say”: Jerry Maguire and the Business of Personal Relationships 263
14. Concerning Happiness: An Afterword 303
15. NOTES 307
16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 353
17. INDEX 369