Dark Side of the Screen Film Noir

Name: Dark Side of the Screen Film Noir
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ISBN: 9780306817724

ISBN-10: 0306817721

ISBN-13: 9780306817724

Edition: 7th 2008

Authors: Foster Hirsch

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Since the Dark Side of the Screen first appeared over two decades ago, it has become the essential guide to one of today's most pervasive screen influences and enduringly popular genres. Covering over a hundred outstanding films and featuring nearly two hundred carefully chosen stills, it's the most thorough and entertaining study available of noirfrom the iconic performances of Burt Lancaster, Joan Crawford, and Humphrey Bogart to the camera angles, lighting effects, and story lines of directors Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, and Orson Welles. With the addition of a new epilogue that freshly examines the legacy of noir, as well as several recently rediscovered gems, Hirsch's work remains an…

Book details

List price: $24.99
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 11/25/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 7.01" wide x 9.09" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English




The City at Night



The Literary Background: The Boys in the Back Room



The Cinematic Background: From Expressionism to Neo-Realism



The Crazy Mirror: Noir Stylistics



The Noir Director



The Noir Actor



Down These Mean Streets ... Narrative Patterns



Noir's Legacy


Afterword


Selected Bibliography


Selected Filmography


Index