{"product_id":"film-noir-9780582437128","title":"Film Noir","description":"\u003cp\u003eFilm 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn extended Background Chapter situates film noir within its cultural context, describing its origin in German Expressionism, French Poetic Realism and in developments within American genres, the gangster\/crime thriller, horror and the Gothic romance and its possible relationship to changes in American society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive chapters are devoted to 'classic' film noir (1940-59): \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003echapters explore its contexts of production and reception, its visual style, and its narrative patterns and themes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003echapters on character types and star performances elucidate noir's complex construction of gender with its weak, ambivalent males and predatory \u003ci\u003efemmes fatales\u003c\/i\u003e and also provide a detailed analysis of three noir \u003ci\u003eauteurs\u003c\/i\u003e, - Anthony Mann, Robert Siodmak and Fritz Lang\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree chapters investigate 'neo-noir' and British film noir: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003echapters trace the complex evolution of 'neo-noir' in American cinema, from the modernist critiques of \u003ci\u003eNight Moves \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTaxi Driver\u003c\/i\u003e, to the postmodern hybridity of contemporary noir including \u003ci\u003eSeven\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePulp Fiction \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMemento\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe final chapter surveys the development of British film noir, a significant and virtually unknown cinema, stretching from the thirties to Mike Hodges' \u003ci\u003eCroupier\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilms discussed include both little known examples and seminal works such as \u003ci\u003eDouble Indemnity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScarlet Street\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKiss Me Deadly\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTouch of Evil\u003c\/i\u003e. A final section provides a guide to further reading, an extensive bibliography and a list of over 500 films referred to in the text. Lucidly written, \u003ci\u003eFilm Noir \u003c\/i\u003eis\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ean accessible, informative and stimulating introduction that will have a broad appeal to undergraduates, cinéastes, film teachers and researchers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Spicer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.16w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780582437128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Spicer is at the University of West England\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44185104449651,"sku":"9.78058E+12","price":146.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_ce7a5373-aefa-4caf-81b7-59a395160d32.jpg?v=1767100360","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/film-noir-9780582437128","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}