Film noir /
Series: Inside filmPublication details: Harlow, England ; New York : Longman, 2002.Description: x, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:- 0582437121
- 9780582437128
- PN1995.9.F54 S68 2002
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Whitecliffe Library General Shelves | General | PN 1995 SPI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0007722 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-225) and indexes.
Filmography: pages 226-238.
The Background to Film Noir -- Conditions of Production and Reception -- Noir Style -- Themes and Narrative Strategies -- Gender in Film Noir: Character Types and Performers -- The Noir Auteur -- Neo-Noir 1: Modernist Film Noir -- Neo-Noir 2: Postmodern Film Noir -- British Film Noir.
"Film Noir is an overview of an often celebrated, but also contested, body of films. It discusses film noir as a cultural phenomenon whose history is more extensive and diverse than American black and white crime thrillers of the forties." "Films discussed include both little known examples and seminal works such as Double Indemnity, Scarlet Street, Kiss Me Deadly and Touch of Evil. A final section provides a guide to further reading, an extensive bibliography and a list of over 500 films referred to in the text. Lucidly written, Film Noir is an introduction that will have a broad appeal to undergraduates, cineastes, film teachers and researchers."--Jacket.