Nightmare alley : film noir and the American dream /

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Classic film noir offers more than pesky private eyes and beautiful bad girls — it explores the quest for the not-so-attainable American dream. Desperate young lovers on the lam (They Live by Night), a cynical con man making a fortune as a mentalist (Nightmare Alley), a penniless pregnant girl mista...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Osteen, Mark
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2013]
Temas:
1900-1999
Film noir > United States > History and criticism.
Motion pictures > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
American Dream in art.
National characteristics, American, in motion pictures.
Films noirs > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Cinéma > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Américains au cinéma.
American Dream in art
Film noir
Motion pictures > Social aspects
National characteristics, American, in motion pictures
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : film noir and the American dream
  • "Someone else's nightmare" : exploring noir dreamscapes
  • Missing persons : self-erasure and reinvention
  • Vet noir : masculinity, memory, and trauma
  • Framed : forging noir identities
  • Noir's cars : automobility and amoral space
  • Nocturnes in black and blue : memory, morality, and jazz melody
  • Femmes vital : film noir and women's work
  • Left-handed endeavor : crime, capitalism, and the Hollywood left
  • Conclusion : American nightmares.

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