A Panorama of American Film Noir (1941-1953)

A Panorama of American Film Noir (1941-1953)
ISBN-10
087286412X
ISBN-13
9780872864122
Category
Performing Arts
Pages
242
Language
English
Published
2002
Publisher
City Lights Books
Authors
Raymond Borde, Etienne Chaumeton

Description

Beginning with the first film noir, The Maltese Falcon, and continuing through the postwar "glory days," which included such films as Gilda, The Big Sleep, Dark Passage, and The Lady from Shanghai, Borde and Chaumeton examine the dark sides of American society, film, and literature that made film noir possible, even necessary. A Panorama of American Film Noir includes a film noir chronology, a voluminous filmography, a comprehensive index, and a selection of black-and-white production stills.

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