The dark side of the screen
Subtitle: film noir
By: Foster Hirsch.
Series: A Da Capo paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 1983
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
Subjects: Gangster films -- History and criticism; Motion pictures -- United States -- History
Other titles: Film noir.
Description: Film noir is a term used to describe the dark, brooding, doom-laden films that emerged from Hollywood after World War II, all of them registering a more cruel, disoriented, heartless vision of America than had ever appeared before. This book is the most thorough and entertaining study of the themes, visual motifs, character types, actors, directors, and films in this genre ever published.
Notes: Cover title: Film noir.   Bibliography: p. 211-212.  Filmography: p. 213-220.   Includes index.

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