Driven to darkness : Jewish émigré directors and the rise of film noir /

Mostrar otras versiones (3)

Driven to Darkness explores the influence of Jewish TmigrT directors and the development of this genre. While filmmakers such as Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, Otto Preminger, and Edward G. Ulmer have been acknowledged as crucial to the noir canon, the impact of their Jewishness on their work has remaine...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brook, Vincent, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Film noir > United States > History and criticism.
Jewish motion picture producers and directors > United States.
Films noirs > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Producteurs et réalisateurs de cinéma juifs > États-Unis.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Film noir
Jewish motion picture producers and directors
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Jews in Germany : torn between two worlds
  • Jews and expressionism : "performing high and low"
  • The father of film noir : Fritz Lang
  • Fritz Lang in Hollywood
  • The French connection : Robert Siodmak
  • Viennese twins : Billy and Willy Wilder
  • The ABZs of film noir : Otto Preminger and Edgar G. Ulmer
  • Woman's directors : Curtis Bernhardt and Max Ophuls
  • Pathological noir, populist noir, and an act of violence : John Brahm, Anatole Litvak, Fred Zinnemann.

Ejemplares similares