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The philosophy of film noir /
From The Maltese Falcon (1941) to Touch of Evil (1958), the classic film noir is easily recognizable for its unusual lighting, sinister plots, and feeling of paranoia. For critics and fans alike, these films defined an era. The Philosophy of Film Noir explores philosophical themes and ideas inherent...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
University Press of Kentucky,
©2006.
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| Colección: | Philosophy of popular culture.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Nietzsche and the meaning and definition of noir / Mark T. Conard
- A darker shade: realism in neo-noir / Jason Holt
- Moral clarity and practical reason in film noir / Aeon J. Skoble
- Cherchez la femme fatale: the mother of film noir / Read Mercer Schuchardt
- From Sherlock Holmes to the hard-boiled detective in film noir / Jerold J. Abrams
- Film noir and the meaning of life / Steven M. Sanders
- The horizon of disenchantment: film noir, Camus, and the vicissitudes of descent / Alan Woolfolk
- Symbolism, meaning, and nihilism in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp fiction / Mark T. Conard
- Film noir and the Frankfurt School: America as wasteland in Edgar Ulmer's Detour / Paul A. Cantor
- Knowledge, morality, and tragedy in The killers and Out of the past / Ian Jarvie
- Moral man in the dark city: film noir, the postwar religious revival, and The accused / R. Barton Palmer
- On reason and passion in The Maltese falcon / Deborah Knight
- Ride the pink horse: money, mischance, murder, and the monads of film noir / Alain Silver.