Blackout: World War II and the Origins of Film Noir
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0801882184
ISBN 13
9780801882180
Category
Film History
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Publication Year
2005
Publisher
Pages
264
Subject
Film noir -- United States -- History and criticism. World War, 1939-1945 -- Motion pictures and the war. Film noir. War and motion pictures.
Abstract
Biesen brings prodigious archival research, accessible prose, and imaginative insights to both well-known films noir of the wartime period-The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, and Double Indemnity-and others often overlooked or underrated-Scarlet Street, Ministry of Fear, Phantom Lady, and Stranger on the Third Floor.
Description
Contents: List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The Elements of Noir Come Together; Chapter 3. Hollywood in the Aftermath of Pearl Harbor; Chapter 4. Censorship, Hard-Boiled Fiction, and Hollywood's "Red Meat" Crime Cycle; Chapter 5. Rosie the Riveter Goes to Hollywood; Chapter 6. Hyphenates and Hard-Boiled Crime; Chapter 7. Black Film, Red Meat.
Number of Copies
1
