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Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
143 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 37 cm
Language
English
Description
Collecting 101 noir movie posters of, arguably, the greatest noir films ever made in the genre (including classics The Maltese Falcon, Laura, and Double Indemnity). Reproduced in a stunningly designed, over-sized format that shows off the spectacular visual elan of Hollywood movie posters at their best, the book is not only a spectacular showcase of film noir art, but also establishes the crucial films, identifies their key characteristics, with critical...
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Author
Publisher
Bitter Lemon Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
270 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"For Victor Cox, a professor of film history, the Hollywood films noirs of the 1940s and 1950s are more real than his daily life. When his wife is found drowned, Cox is the first murder suspect. He falls in love with a student who looks like the 1920s film star Louise Brooks, but she disappears at a Belgian seaside resort. Smeared in lipstick in their hotel room are the words "No Sale, " the same words Elizabeth Taylor wrote on a mirror in Butterfield...
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
viii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Desperate young lovers on the lam (They Live by Night), a cynical con man making a fortune as a mentalist (Nightmare Alley), a penniless pregnant girl mistaken for a wealthy heiress (No Man of Her Own), a wounded veteran who has forgotten his own name (Somewhere in the Night)--this gallery of film noir characters challenges the stereotypes of the wise-cracking detective and the alluring femme fatale. Despite their differences, they all have something...
Author
Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Revised and expanded edition, First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 259 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Examines the movies and artists of film noir, describing the social climate and artistic skills that contributed to the genre.
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