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What Is Film Noir?
Everyone seems to know what Film Noir is, but scholars and critics cannot agree on any definition. Some go so far as to insist that there is no such thing. What is Film Noir? claims that this confusion arises from the fact that Film Noir is both a genre and a period style, and as such is unique in t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Everyone seems to know what Film Noir is, but scholars and critics cannot agree on any definition. Some go so far as to insist that there is no such thing. What is Film Noir? claims that this confusion arises from the fact that Film Noir is both a genre and a period style, and as such is unique in the history of Hollywood. The genre, now known as "neo-noir" continues into the present, while the period, which began in the early 40s, had expired by 1960. Park surveys the various theories of film noir, defines the genre, and explains how film noir relates to the style and the period in which it wa. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (225 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781611483635 1611483638 |