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In his film noir second volume, Bernie Dowling reviews films about ordinary jobs in a greedy crime-ridden society. Fate Vs The Working Stiff explores an ignored noir sub-genre in five pictorial essays and hundreds of photos. The 2023 extended Hollywood actors' and writers' strike challenged the invasion of AI into their workplace. Noir writer Philip Yordan used pattern recognition, the basic principle of AI, from the 1940s, a decade before the first academic book on the subject. So, have the ethical conundrums of AI already been a part of Hollywood since its Golden Age? The intriguing Yordan…mehr

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In his film noir second volume, Bernie Dowling reviews films about ordinary jobs in a greedy crime-ridden society. Fate Vs The Working Stiff explores an ignored noir sub-genre in five pictorial essays and hundreds of photos. The 2023 extended Hollywood actors' and writers' strike challenged the invasion of AI into their workplace. Noir writer Philip Yordan used pattern recognition, the basic principle of AI, from the 1940s, a decade before the first academic book on the subject. So, have the ethical conundrums of AI already been a part of Hollywood since its Golden Age? The intriguing Yordan also appropriated the works of other writers and received an Academy Award for nothing. With humor, cultural analysis, and a passion for film noir, Dowling investigates the representation of the working class during the aftermath of economic depression and war. The dark undercurrents of Hollywood at work are fascinating on and off the screens.
Autorenporträt
Bernie Dowling is an Australian writer working in journalism, fiction, and non-fiction. His first novel is the neo-noir Iraqi Icicle. His non-fiction Maaate! Bribe Proofing The Public Purse Against Good Blokes is about corruption in local government. The author is publishing a four-book series on film noir in the public domain. The first volume Noir Dirt Cheap was published in 2023. Fate Vs The Working Stiff appeared in 2024. Starry Starry Noir Rebels and Censors was published in June 2025. Three Faces of Noir Curse Crime Cringe was published in October 2025.