260 Pages
by
Routledge
260 Pages
by
Routledge
260 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
1. The Background to Film Noir 2. Conditons of Production and Reception 3. Noir Style 4. Themes and Narrative Strategies 5. Gender in Film Noir: Character Types and Performers 6. The Noir Auteur 7. Neo-Noir 1: Modernist Film Noir 8. Neo-Noir 2: Postmodern Film Noir 9. British Film Noir Further Reading Bibliography Index
Biography
Authored by Spicer, Andrew
