Film Noir

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Luhr, William
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2012.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Praise for Film Noir
  • New Approaches to Film Genre
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • List of Plates
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • The Longevity of Film Noir
  • The Structure of This Book
  • Chapter 2: Historical Overview
  • Double Indemnity
  • Beginnings
  • Popularity and Parody
  • Gender Destabilization: Broken Men and Empowered Women
  • Social Context
  • The Late 1940s: New Influences and Changes in Film Noir
  • The 1960s: Transition in Hollywood and Revival of Film Noir
  • The Revival of Classical Hollywood and the Rise of Neo-Noir
  • Changes in Film Censorship, Self-Referentiality, and Genre Blending
  • Chapter 3: Critical Overview
  • Emergence of a New Sensibility in American Film
  • Early English-Language Discourse on Film Noir
  • The Proliferation of Film Noir Studies
  • Perspectives on the Generic Status of Film Noir
  • The Reception Context of Film Noir
  • Chapter 4: Murder, My Sweet
  • A New Direction for Detective Movies
  • Four Major Trends in Film Noir
  • Farewell, My Lovely and Neo-Noir
  • Chapter 5: Out of the Past
  • The Filmmakers
  • Narrative Complexity, Character Ambiguity, and Critical Acceptance of Film Noir
  • Retrospective Narration and the Power of the Past
  • Subtextual and Symbolic Meanings
  • Censorship, Race, Nation
  • Neo-Noir and L.A. Confidential
  • Chapter 6: Kiss Me Deadly
  • Mike Hammer and His Corrupt World
  • "Pulp" Atmosphere and Censorship Problems
  • Formal Strategies
  • Atomic Age Consumerism and Paranoia
  • Nuclear Fission, Science Fiction, Apocalypse, and Resurrection
  • Critical Reputation
  • Chapter 7: The Long Goodbye
  • The Film
  • Hostile Initial Reception
  • Marlowe
  • Leigh Brackett, Chandler, Generic Change, and Marlowe
  • Formal Strategies
  • The Long Goodbye and Non-Detective Films Noirs
  • Chapter 8: Chinatown
  • Chinatown as Neo-Noir
  • Deceptive Appearances, Prejudicial Blindness, and Los Angeles's Chinatown
  • Los Angeles History and Identity
  • Immigrant Directors
  • Genre Transformation
  • Chapter 9: Seven
  • Continuity with Film Noir
  • Change and Evolution in Film Noir
  • Seven and Neo-Noir
  • Afterword
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • Index

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