{"product_id":"film-noir-9780582437128","title":"Film Noir","description":"\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. An 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. Five chapters are devoted to classic film noir (1940-59): chapters explore its contexts of production and reception  its visual style  and its narrative patterns and themes chapters on character types and star performances elucidate noirs complex construction of gender with its weak  ambivalent males and predatory femmes fatales and also provide a detailed analysis of three noir auteurs  - Anthony Mann  Robert Siodmak and Fritz Lang Three chapters investigate neo-noir and British film noir: chapters trace the complex evolution of neo-noir in American cinema  from the modernist critiques of Night Moves and Taxi Driver  to the postmodern hybridity of contemporary noir including Seven  Pulp Fiction and Memento the final chapter surveys the development of British film noir  a significant and virtually unknown cinema  stretching from the thirties to Mike Hodges Croupier Films discussed include both little known examples and seminal works such as Double Indemnity  Scarlet Street  Kiss Me Deadly and Touch of Evil. 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  Film Noir isan accessible  informative and stimulating introduction that will have a broad appeal to undergraduates  cinastes  film teachers and researchers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646915272757,"sku":"ByrdShop_0582437121","price":43.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780582437128.jpg?v=1781681568","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/film-noir-9780582437128","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}