Pulp Fiction to Film Noir

The Great Depression and the Development of a Genre

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

During the Great Depression, pulp fiction writers created a new, distinctly American detective story, one that stressed the development of fascinating, often bizarre characters rather than the twists and turns of clever plots. This new crime fiction adapted brilliantly to the screen, birthing a cinematic genre that French cinema intellectuals following World War II christened "film noir." Set on dark streets late at night, in cheap hotels and bars, and populated by the dangerous people who frequented these locales, these films introduced a new antihero, a tough, brooding, rebellious loner, embodied by Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon and Philip Marlowe in The Big Sleep. This volume provides a detailed exploration of film noir, tracing its evolution, the influence of such legendary writers as Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, and the films that propelled this dark genre to popularity in the mid-20th century.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-07-09
Mått:178 x 254 x 11 mm
Vikt:404 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:222
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9780786466825

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Movie historian and writer William Hare is a contributor to Films of the Golden Age. He has also written for the Los Angeles Examiner and the Inglewood Daily News. He lives in Spain.

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“Hare takes readers on a tour of film noir, its dark settings, its brooding, almost anti-hero heroes…Hare provides a sense of film noir both in terms of what appeared on screen and the actors, directors, authors, and others who made it possible”—Reference & Research Book News.

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionOne. Film Noir and the Great DepressionTwo. The Hammett Touch and a Huston LaunchingThree. Raymond Chandler and His Symphony of the StreetsFour. Captain Joseph Shaw and the Flowering of Film NoirFive. Horace McCoy’s Dance MarathonSix. Chandler’s Blueprint for Mystery and His Career in HollywoodSeven. The Outsider and Film NoirEight. Bogart’s Dark Passage and Moorehead’s Blockbuster PerformanceNine. Berlin and Vienna, Film Noir InﬂuencesTen. Siodmak’s Phantom FemmesEleven. Billy Wilder and Alcoholism NoirTwelve. Preminger’s Noir Touch with Fallen Angel and Alice FayeChapter NotesBibliographyIndex