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Film Noir by Andrew Spicer, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

From Andrew Spicer

Current price: $325.95
Film Noir by Andrew Spicer, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
Film Noir by Andrew Spicer, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

Indigo

Film Noir by Andrew Spicer, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

From Andrew Spicer

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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. An extended Background Chapter situates film noir within its cultural context, describing its origin in German Expressionism, French Poetic Realism and in developments within American genres, the gangster/crime thriller, horror and the Gothic romance and its possible relationship to changes in American society. Five chapters are devoted to 'classic' film noir (1940-59):chapters explore its contexts of production and reception, its visual style, and its narrative patterns and themeschapters on character types and star performances elucidate noir's complex construction of gender with its weak, ambivalent males and predatoryfemmes fatalesand also provide a detailed analysis of three noirauteurs, - Anthony Mann, Robert Siodmak and Fritz LangThree chapters investigate 'neo-noir' and British film noir:chapters trace the complex evolution of 'neo-noir' in American cinema, from the modernist critiques ofNight MovesandTaxi Driver, to the postmodern hybridity of contemporary noir includingSeven, Pulp FictionandMementothe final chapter surveys the development of British film noir, a significant and virtually unknown cinema, stretching from the thirties to Mike Hodges'CroupierFilms discussed include both little known examples and seminal works such asDouble Indemnity, Scarlet Street, Kiss Me DeadlyandTouch 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 Noirisan accessible, informative and stimulating introduction that will have a broad appeal to undergraduates, cinéastes, film teachers and researchers. | Film Noir by Andrew Spicer, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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