| Description |
[xxi], 124 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm |
| Series |
Very short introductions ; 597
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| Contents |
1. The idea of film noir -- 2. The modernist crime novel and Hollywood noir -- 3. Censorship and politics in Hollywood noir -- 4. Money, critics, and the art of noir -- 5. Styles of film noir -- 6. The afterlife of noir |
| Summary |
Film noir, one of the most intriguing yet difficult to define terms in cinema history, is usually associated with a series of darkly seductive Hollywood thrillers from the 1940s and 50s - shadowy, black-and-white pictures about private eyes, femme fatales, outlaw lovers, criminal heists, corrupt police, and doomed or endangered outsiders. But as this VSI demonstrates, film noir actually predates the 1940s and has never been confined to Hollywood. International inscope, its various manifestations have spread across generic categories, attracted the interest of the world's great directors, and continue to appear even today |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references: (pages 109-114) and index |
| Subject |
Film noir -- History and criticism
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| Genre/Form |
Film noir
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| LC no. |
2018957114 |
| ISBN |
9780198791744 (paperback) |
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