Film Noir and the Possibilities of Hollywood

Nathaniel Deyo is a lecturer in the Composition Program at the University of Miami, Florida, USA.

• 1. Introduction: The Case of the Missing Films.- Part I: Paradigmatic and Conventional.- 2. The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity, Scarlet Street, & Out of the Past: Paradigm Cases.- 3. The Narrow Margin: Convention as Deception.- Part II: Auteurist Noir.- 4. Ministry of Fear: Fritz Lang’s De-Suturing Operations.- 5. The Big Sleep: Howard Hawks’s Hollywood Fantasy.- 6. Laura: Otto Preminger’s Statement of Purpose.- Part III: Noir and History.- 7. Act of Violence: Articulating the Spaces of Modernity.- 8. Reign of Terror & The Tall Target: Theses on the Philosophy of History.- Part IV: Conclusion.- 9. Conclusion: Reflections on Method

“While Film Noir and the Possibilities of Hollywood should be of special interest to scholars of film noir, the book also proves to be a meaningful addition to the broader field of film and media studies.” (Heather Duerre Humann, Journal of Popular Film and Television, Vol. 48 (3), 2020)