Dark Borders: Film Noir and American Citizenship
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0822350068
ISBN 13
9780822350064
Category
Film Criticism
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Publication Year
2011
Publisher
Pages
280
Subject
Motion pictures; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Film noir
Abstract
This title connects anxieties about citizenship and national belonging in mid-century America to the sense of alienation conveyed by American film noir. Auerbach provides interpretations of more than a dozen of these dark crime thrillers, considering them in relation to US national security measures.
Description
Contents:
Gestapo in America : Confessions of a Nazi spy and Stranger on the third floor
White-collar murder : Double indemnity
Cuba, gangsters, vets, and other outcasts of the islands : The chase and Key Largo
North from Mexico : Border incident, Hold back the dawn, Secret beyond the door, and Out of the past
Bad boy patriots : This gun for hire, Ride the pink horse, and Pickup on South Street
Gestapo in America : Confessions of a Nazi spy and Stranger on the third floor
White-collar murder : Double indemnity
Cuba, gangsters, vets, and other outcasts of the islands : The chase and Key Largo
North from Mexico : Border incident, Hold back the dawn, Secret beyond the door, and Out of the past
Bad boy patriots : This gun for hire, Ride the pink horse, and Pickup on South Street
Number of Copies
1
