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Vorbestellen	Zweigstelle: 07., Urban-Loritz-Pl. 2a	Standorte: KT.FA Film noir / College 5a - Szene / Sammlung Duffek	Status: Verfügbar	Frist:	Vorbestellungen: 0

From dimly lit streets and glamorous apartments to world-weary detectives and irresistible femmes fatales, The Rough Guide to Film Noir illuminates every corner of cinema¿s darkest and most compelling genre. From early masterpieces like Double Indemnity and Kiss Me Deadly through to neo-noir classics such as Chinatown and LA Confidential, this book highlights all the groundbreaking noir movies. There are profiles of legendary performers such as Humphrey Bogart and Barbara Stanwyck, great directors like Fritz Lang plus key cinematographers, composers and designers. Complete with website listings and books for further reading, this Rough Guide takes a fascinating look at the noir movies made in the Classical Hollywood era and beyond. (Verlagstext)

 

Contents:

Introduction

The Genre That Wasn't There: the origins

Down These Mean Streets: the history

The Canon: 50 essential film noirs

Out Of The Shadows: the icons

Casting Shadows: noir locations

Double-dealings: noir crossover

Dark Side Of The Earth: international noir

Private Investigations: the information

Picture credits

Index