Film Noir: From Berlin to Sin City (Short Cuts (Wallflower))

Film Noir Explores The Murky World Of A Genre Responsible For Many Of Film{u2019}s Most Enduring Images. Mark Bould Discusses Problems Of Definition And The Often Ambiguous Nature Of Film Noir And Looks At Modern Films That Could Be Called Neo-noir. Iconic And Enduring, Film Noir Attracted Great Stars (bogart, Bacall, Mitchum, Lancaster), Many Of The Best Directors Of The Era (wilder, Lang, Preminger, Hawks, Siodmak, Welles) And This Book Is An Indispensible Guide To This Popular Genre. On Dangerous Ground: Introducing Film Noir -- The Set-up: Fabricating Film Noir -- Dark Passage: The Main Cycle Of Film Noir -- Against All Odds: Neo-noir -- Afterword: Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye. Mark Bould. A Wallflower Paperback--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 129-138) And Index. Includes Filmography: P. 116-128. __Film Noir__ explores the murky world of a genre responsible for many of film's most enduring images. Mark Bould discusses problems of definition and the often ambiguous nature of film noir and looks at modern films that could be called neo-noir. Iconic and enduring, film noir attracted great stars (Bogart, Bacall, Mitchum, Lancaster), many of the best directors of the era (Wilder, Lang, Preminger, Hawks, Siodmak, Welles) and this book is an indispensible guide to this popular genre.