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21 produkter
Film Noir the Directors
Häftad, 2012
293 kr
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Noted film noir historians Alain Silver and James Ursini, acting as editors, concentrate in this work on the thirty key directors of the classic noir period. These include well-known luminaries, such as Orson Welles, Billy Wilder, Nicholas Ray, and Joseph Losey as well as lesser-known lights of …
L.A. Noir
The City as Character
E-bok, 2005
187 kr
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Los Angeles has always been as much a star in film noir as any actor, be it Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner or Jack Nicholson. In L.A. Noir: The City as Character renowned film historians Alain Silver and James Ursini explore the world of noir cinema in the context of …
Film Noir
Av Alain Silver, James Ursini m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
319 kr
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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 …
From the Moment They Met It Was Murder
Double Indemnity and the Rise of Film Noir
Inbunden, 2024
294 kr
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The behind-the-scenes story of the quintessential film noir and cult classic, Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity-its true crime origins and crucial impact on film history-is told for the first time in this riveting narrative published for the film's 80th anniversary.From real crime to serial to novel …
Whatever Happened to Robert Aldrich?
His Life and His Films
Av Alain Silver
Inbunden, 2004
384 kr
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“There was something about Robert Aldrich's artistic temperament that enabled him to transcend the apparent vulgarity of so many of his motion picutres. Besides the great films, such as Kiss Me Deadly which is certainly one of the finest examples of film noir, are several little-seen or underrated …
Film Noir Reader
Av Alain Silver, Alain Ursini m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
293 kr
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This bountiful anthology combines all the key early writings on film noir with many newer essays, including some published here for the first time. The collection is assembled by the editors of the Third Edition of Film Noir: An Enclyclopedic Reference to the American Style, now regarded as the …
Film Noir Reader 2
Av Alain Silver
Häftad, 1999
263 kr
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Generously includes film stills and essays on crime films, The Postman Always Rings Twice, “Hitchcock's Noir Landscape ” “Samuel Fuller's Tabloid Cinema ” “Son of Noir ” “Noir Science ” “Girl Power: Female Centered Neo-Noir ” and “Abstract Expressionism and Film Noir.”
Horror Film Reader
Av Alain Silver
Häftad, 2000
263 kr
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These essays offer a broad overview of the horror film genre, from the silent screen to Scream 3, demonstrating how it remains defiantly, frighteningly alive.
Gangster Film Reader
Av Alain Silver
Häftad, 2007
233 kr
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In the 1930s the gangster film in the United States coincided with a very real and very sensational gangsterism at large in American society. Little Caesar (1931), The Public Enemy (1931), and Scarface (1932) borrowed liberally from the newspapers and books of the era. With the release of just …
Film Noir Reader 3: Interviews with Filmmakers of the Classic Noir Period
Av Alain Silver
Häftad, 2004
278 kr
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Film Noir Compendium
Key Selections from the Film Noir Reader Series
Av Alain Silver
E-bok, 2024
405 kr
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In this essential study of film noir, editors Alain Silver and James Ursini select the most significant and influential articles on the movement from their highly respected Film Noir Reader series and assemble them into a single, convenient, heavily illustrated volume. Still included, of course, …
Film Noir Light and Shadow
Av Alain Silver
E-bok, 2023
305 kr
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Despite a glut of black and white filters, the digital revolution in videography has all but abandoned the art, science, beauty, and power of cinematic lighting that literally illuminated the Golden Age of motion pictures. Film Noir Light and Shadow explores an era before CGI – a time when every …
Film Noir Light and Shadow
Av Alain Silver
Häftad, 2017
293 kr
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Despite a glut of black and white filters, the digital revolution in videography has all but abandoned the art, science, beauty, and power of cinematic lighting that literally illuminated the Golden Age of motion pictures. Film Noir Light and Shadow explores an era before CGI – a time when every …
Film Noir Compendium
Key Selections from the Film Noir Reader Series
Av Alain Silver
Häftad, 2016
380 kr
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In this essential study of film noir, editors Alain Silver and James Ursini select the most significant and influential articles on the movement from their highly respected Film Noir Reader series and assemble them into a single, convenient, heavily illustrated volume. Still included, of course, …
L.A. Noir
The City as Character
E-bok, 2005
191 kr
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Los Angeles has always been as much a star in film noir as any actor, be it Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner or Jack Nicholson. In L.A. Noir: The City as Character renowned film historians Alain Silver and James Ursini explore the world of noir cinema in the context of …
Movies Without Baggage
A Guide to Ultra-Low-Budget Filmmaking
Av Alain Silver
Häftad, 2022
312 kr
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With todays proliferation of nine-figure film budgets, filmmaking may seem more out of reach than ever for the average person. In fact, producing a feature-length movie for next to nothing has never been easier. In MOVIES WITHOUT BAGGAGE, long-time filmmakers Alain Silver, Obren Bokich, and sundry …
Film Noir Fatal Women
Häftad, 2022
382 kr
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From Alain Silver and James Ursini, authors of The Noir Style and Film Noir Graphics and editors of the seven-volume Film Noir Reader series, comes Film Noir Fatal Women -- their latest exploration of the key elements that define Americas only homegrown film movement. 400 illustrations reveal the …
Vampire Film
From Nosferatu to True Blood
Av Alain Silver
Häftad, 2011
367 kr
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This newest edition will track the form's evolution from such 1970s reinventions as Count Yorga Vampire and Blacula, The Hunger and Vampire's Kiss in the Eighties, Interview with the Vampire, Bram Stoker's Dracula, and the Blade series in the Nineties, through 30 Days of Night, I Am Legend, and the …
American Neo-Noir
The Movie Never Ends
Av Alain Silver
Häftad, 2015
306 kr
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After scores of books and commentaries on film noir and its classic period, experts Alain Silver and James Ursini turn their full attention to neo-noir, the self-conscious, mannered, sometimes ersatz, and often surprising genre that sprang from the original movement. This volume surveys the full …
