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Film noir / Andrew Spicer.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Series: Inside filmPublication details: Harlow, England ; New York : Longman, 2002.Description: x, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780582437128
  • 0582437121
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43/655 21
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.F54 S754f 2002
Summary: An overview of a film genre that is both celebrated and contested. Describes its origin in German Expressionism, French Poetic Realism and its development with American genres: the gangster/ crime thriller, horror and Gothic romance. Five chapters are devoted to classic film noir of the 1940s and 1950s and three chapters investigate neo-noir and British film noir. This lucid introduction will appeal to undergraduates, cinéastes, film teachers and researchers.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Automatización y Procesos Técnicos Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso) PN1995.9.F54 S754f 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000183763

Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-225) and indexes.

Filmography: p. [226]-238.

An overview of a film genre that is both celebrated and contested. Describes its origin in German Expressionism, French Poetic Realism and its development with American genres: the gangster/ crime thriller, horror and Gothic romance. Five chapters are devoted to classic film noir of the 1940s and 1950s and three chapters investigate neo-noir and British film noir. This lucid introduction will appeal to undergraduates, cinéastes, film teachers and researchers.

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