Street with no name : a history of the classic American film noir / Andrew Dickos.
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title Flourishing in the United States during the 1940s and 50s, the bleak, violent genre of filmmaking known as film noir reflected the attitudes of writers and auteur directors influenced by the events of the turbulent mid-twentieth century. Films such as Force of Evi...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | A Choice Outstanding Academic Title Flourishing in the United States during the 1940s and 50s, the bleak, violent genre of filmmaking known as film noir reflected the attitudes of writers and auteur directors influenced by the events of the turbulent mid-twentieth century. Films such as Force of Evil, Night and the City, Double Indemnity, Laura, The Big Heat, The Killers, Kiss Me Deadly and, more recently, Chinatown and The Grifters are indelibly American. Yet the sources of this genre were found in Germany and France and imported to Hollywood by emigré filmmakers, who developed them and. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 307 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-289) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0813170338 9780813170336 9780813137490 0813137497 1283327481 9781283327480 9786613327482 6613327484 |