{"product_id":"film-noir-9780582437128","title":"Film Noir","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Andrew Spicer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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, cin�astes, film teachers and researchers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46930092327063,"sku":"9780582437128","price":5563.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780582437128.webp?v=1771604663","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/film-noir-9780582437128","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}