More than Night

Film Noir in Its Contexts

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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"Film Noir" evokes memories of stylish, cynical, black-and-white movies from the 1940s and '50s - melodramas about private eyes, femmes fatales, criminal gangs, and lovers on the run. James Naremore's prize-winning book discusses these pictures, but also shows that the central term is more complex and paradoxical than we realize. It treats noir as a term in criticism, as an expression of artistic modernism, as a symptom of Hollywood censorship and politics, as a market strategy, as an evolving style, and as an idea that circulates through all the media. This new and expanded edition of "More Than Night" contains an additional chapter on film noir in the twenty-first century.

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Utgivningsdatum2008-01-14
Mått152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt544 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor408
FörlagUniversity of California Press
ISBN9780520254022

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List of IllustrationsPreface to the 2008 editionAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: This Is Where I Came In1. The History of an IdeaNoir Is Born: Paris, 1946–1959Darkness Everywhere2. Modernism and Blood Melodrama:Three Case StudiesBelieving in NothingSympathy for the DevilThe Death Chamber3. From Dark Films to Black Lists:Censorship and PoliticsBourbon with a Bourbon ChaserThe Snakes Are LooseAfter 19474. Low Is High: Budgets andCritical DiscriminationB Pictures versus IntermediatesPost-B Pictures5. Old Is New: Styles of NoirBlack and White and RedParody, Pastiche, Fashion6. The Other Side of the StreetAsiaLatin AmericaAfrica7. The Noir Mediascape8. Noir in the Twenty-first CenturyLegends and ListsFurther ResearchMore Styles of NoirNoir Never DiesNotesBibliographyIndex