The essence of film noir : the style and themes of cinema's dark genre /
"Noir and neo-noir films from the Golden Age of Hollywood, beginning with 1941's The Maltese Falcon and ending with 1950's Sunset Boulevard, shared many artistic characteristics, thematic elements and cultural settings. Even when the films' directors were German emigres, their co...
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2022]
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Table of Contents:
- Lit from behind : the genesis and continuity of film noir
- All the guys with eye patches : hard bitten film noir
- Commies, Nazis and fascists : politics in film noir
- "Something further may follow ..." : con artists and scams in film noir
- Double crosses : religious delusion in film noir
- Highways, by-ways and dislocations : the self in neo-noir.
