Film Noir

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ISBN: 9783836588416 Category:

Alain Silver, James Ursini

Description

Whether it’s Double Indemnity, Kiss Me Deadly, or The Big Sleep, roam a screen world of dark and brooding elegance with this essential handbook to Film Noir. From private eyes and perfect crimes to corrupt cops and doomed affairs, editors Paul Duncan and Jürgen Müller examine noir’s key themes and their most representative movies from 1940 to 1960.
Copiously illustrated with film stills as well as original posters, this book offers page after page of noir’s masterful visual compositions while exploring the narrative paradigms of this cryptic, compelling, and evolving genre. If that weren’t enough to tickle your cinematic appetite, the volume concludes with TASCHEN’s top 50 pick of noir classics.
Brimming with the enigmatic dames, desperate gangsters, and psycho killers that continue to cast a long and captivating shadow over cinema, this is a must-have handbook for noir aficionados and amateurs alike.

Additional information

Weight 300 g
Dimensions 19.6 x 25.5 cm
Publisher name TASCHEN
Publication date 30 July 2024
Number of pages 648
Format Hardback
Contributors Edited by Jürgen Müller and Paul Duncan
Dimensions 19.6 x 25.5 cm
Weight 300 g