{"product_id":"near-dark-9781911239277","title":"Near Dark","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst released in 1987, \u003ci\u003eNear Dark\u003c\/i\u003e is a vampire film set in the contemporary American Midwest that tells the story of Caleb, a half-vampire trying to decide whether to embrace his vampire nature or return to his human family. The film, an early work of the now-established director Kathryn Bigelow, skilfully mixes genre conventions, combining gothic tropes with those of the Western, road movie and film noir, while also introducing elements of the outlaw romance genre. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStacey Abbott's study of the film addresses it as a genre hybrid that also challenges conventions of the vampire film. The vampires are morally ambiguous and undermine the class structures that have historically defined stories of the undead. These are not aristocrats but instead they capture the allure and horror of the disenfranchised and the underclass. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Abbott describes, \u003ci\u003eNear Dark \u003c\/i\u003ewas crucial in consolidating Bigelow's standing as a director of significance at an early point in her career, not simply because of her visual art background, but because of the way in which she would from \u003ci\u003eNear Dark \u003c\/i\u003eonward re-envision other traditionally mainstream genres of filmmaking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e British Film Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781911239277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.30w x 0.30d","brand":"Stacey Abbott","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38027515461813,"sku":"9781911239277","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6a869d84-9875-4373-a5ae-42d0a02e0d4b.jpg?v=1609193044","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/near-dark-9781911239277","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}