Noir Western
Subtitle: Darkness on the Range, 1943-1962
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780786494521
Subjects: Western films; Film noir; Film criticism; Motion pictures
Description: "Beginning in the mid-1940s, the bleak, brooding mood of film noir began seeping into that most optimistic of film genres, the western. The noir western helped set the standard for the darker science fiction, action and superhero films as well as TV series. This book covers the stylistic shift in westerns in mid-20th century Hollywood"--