When viewers think of film noir, they often picture actors like Humphrey Bogart playing characters like Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon, the film based on the book by Dashiell Hammett. Yet film noir is a genre much richer. The authors first examine the debate surrounding the parameters of the genre and the many different ways it is defined. They discuss the Noir City, its setting and backdrop, and also the cultural (WWII) and institutional (the House UnAmerican Activities Committee, and the Production Code Administration) influences on the subgenres. An analysis of the low budget and series film noirs provides information on those cult classics. With over 200 entries on films, directors, and actors, the Encyclopedia of Film Noir is the most complete resource for film fans, students, and scholars.
When viewers think of film noir, they often picture actors like Humphrey Bogart playing characters like Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon, the film based on the book by Dashiell Hammett. Yet film noir is a genre much richer. The authors first examine the debate surrounding the parameters of the genre and the many different ways it is defined. They discuss the Noir City, its setting and backdrop, and also the cultural (WWII) and institutional (the House UnAmerican Activities Committee, and the Production Code Administration) influences on the subgenres. An analysis of the low budget and series film noirs provides information on those cult classics. With over 200 entries on films, directors, and actors, the Encyclopedia of Film Noir is the most complete resource for film fans, students, and scholars.
Is Brian McDonnells Jeb Wills a different kind of private eye? Yes. Wills steps back from a fistfight. Wills gets along well with the Austin Police Department Homicide crew.Wills calls Dallas to monitor an investment position, and calls Houston to check on his clients finances. Wills concentrates on tasks at hand -- such as recreational sex with his clients sons girlfriend.Brian McDonnell steers an efficient and pragmatic course through events that began with a missing person case -- the disappearance of Wills clients son. There are drugs in the air: marijuana wherever Wills turns.McDonnell writes with a dry wit that propels the story forward with recurrences of bemusement.In the end, a missing person case is solved and so is a murder. Dont miss this chance to read a story unique as the up-to-date state of Texas.