American neo-noir : the movie never ends / Alain Silver and James Ursini ; foreword by Walter Hil.
- Title
- American neo-noir : the movie never ends / Alain Silver and James Ursini ; foreword by Walter Hil.
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- Milwaukee, WI : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, an Imprint of Hal Leonard Corporation, 2015.
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- Description
- 336 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 26 cm
- Summary
- "Experts Alain Silver and James Ursini turn their full attention to neo-noir, the self-conscious, mannered, sometimes ersatz, and often surprising genre that sprang from the original movement. This volume surveys the full breath of American neo-noir, its style and substance, its evolution over succeeding generations of filmmakers, from activist through postmodern to millennial and on, with extensive illustrations in black-and-white and full-color that capture the genre's dramatic and visual essence"--Publisher's description.
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- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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- Contents
- Foreword -- Classic becomes neo. A definition -- Creating the genre -- The conscious auteurs -- The hard-boiled school and remakes -- Victims of circumstance--love with an improper stranger -- Cops--good, bad, and all dead inside -- Serial murder and psychopaths--the killer inside me -- Victims of circumstance II--welcome to my nightmare -- Gangsters, pushers, pimps, and con men -- The neo P.I.--retro, new-age, and de-tech noir -- Kid noir -- Still out for revenge -- Women in film noir -- The new fugitive couple -- Neo-B -- Fringe areas -- The evolution of neo. Introduction--high and low, side by side -- Femmes fatales -- Quasi-remakes and vendettas -- A newer kind of neo-noir -- Dual-personality directing -- Auteurist riffs -- There are still victims of circumstance--welcome to my nightmare II -- More love with the improper stranger -- More kid noir -- Some cops still bend the rules -- Some P.I.s are still old school -- Some criminals still believe in capers -- Some couples are still on the run -- No longer just hit "men" -- Retro noir -- Sci-fi and surreal -- Neo-B: noir on the tip of a shoestring -- Conclusion.
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- Harvard Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes filmography (pages 261-323) and index.
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