Andrew Spicer

Film Noir

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Inside Film
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 416g
• ISBN-13: 9780582437128
• ISBN-10: 0582437121
• Artikelnr.: 22050312

Autorenporträt

Authored by Spicer, Andrew

Inhaltsangabe

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